Nerve Tissue page 2

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

4. Nerve Tissue

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4.2 Neuron

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Section of the grey matter of the spinal cord. This field shows the cell body of a large neuron surrounded by the nuclei of neuroglia (arrows).

The fibrous tissue seen around the cells, called the neuropil, is composed of intertwined axons and dendrites of neurons and processes of neuroglia.

In the neuron the large nucleus (N) is surrounded by the abundant cytoplasm or perikaryon containing the basophilic Nissl bodies.

The axon hillock (*) and the axon (Ax), free of Nissl bodies, and large dendrites (D) are visible in this field

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×900

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