Nerve Tissue page 16

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Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS

4. Nerve Tissue

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4.16 Nerve

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Section of a small portion of a sciatic nerve.

The connective tissue, which composes the perineurium (P) and the endoneurium (red arrows) are indicated. The slightly basophilic axons (Ax) and the partly extracted myelin sheath (My) of the nerve fibres are distinct.

Two of the fibres show the thickened cytoplasm of Schwann cells, one with a nucleus (S1) and the other without (S2). The thin cytoplasm of Schwann cells covers the nerve fibres and delimits their boundaries.

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×1000

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