Human Liver, sec. 7 m H&E Microscope Slide

have you ever heard of a place called giants causeway it's a stretch of land on the north coast of northern ireland which is renowned for its unique arrangement of rock formations these formations are actually basalt columns which are naturally formed as hexagonal in shape when you see this landscape it's hard to believe that it was created by nature so much so local folklore came up with the legend where an irish giant called finn mccool what a cool name right laid these hexagonal stones as a passage over the sea to meet a scottish giant who challenged him to a fight an easier option to understand i guess if you're not a geologist so you might be wondering what this geological wonder has to do with the liver well on a histological level the structure of the liver also has a hexagonal arrangement just like the basalt columns of the giant's causeway and is just as if not more fascinating