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Nucleus with nucleolus

Dendrite

Nucleus

Perikaryon

Multipolar neuron, spinal cord, dog. Bodian

Silver stain;

Multipolar neuron, spinal cord, ox. Nissl stain; x480.

Nerve cell

Neuropil

Nerve cell process with neurofibrils

Perikaryon

Neuropil

stain; x480.

Nerve cell process

Perikaryon

Partial section of nerve cell

Nucleus with nucleolus

Neuropil

Multipolar neuron, autonomic ganglion, ox. x480.

Neuropil

Dendrite

with nucleolus

Axon hillock

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Axon hillock

Multipolar neurons, autonomic ganglion, dog. Golgi

Multipolar neurons, autonomic ganglion, dog.

Multipolar neuron, spinal cord, ox.

Nerve cell

Neuropil

Dendrite

Nuclei of astrocytes (glial cells)

Nucleus with nucleolus

Perikaryon

Nissl stain; x480.

Multipolar ganglion cell with Golgi fields

Multipolar ganglion cell with Golgi fields

stain; x300.

Multipolar ganglion cell with Golgi fields

Golgi stain; x480.

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Loose

Pseudounipolar nerve cell

Multipolar neuron, pyramidal cell, brain, dog.

Pseudounipolar nerve cell, spinal cord, spinal ganglion, dog.

Nerve cell

Perikaryon

Nerve cell process

Golgi silver impregnation method; x300.

Partial section of nerve cell cytoplasm

Nerve cell processes

connective tissue

H.E. stain; x250.

Nerve cell processes

Pseudounipolar nerve cell process

Nucleus and nucleolus

Mantle cell (glial cell)

Pseudounipolar nerve cell, spinal cord, spinal ganglion, dog. H.E. stain; x600.

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Perineurium

Loose

Nucleus of Schwann cell

Perineurium

Mixed nerve fibre bundle, horse. H.E. stain; x120.

Mixed nerve fibre bundle, dog. H.E. stain; x300.

Nerve cell

Mixed nerve

connective tissue with vessels

Mixed nerve

Loose connective tissue with small vessels

Perineurium (layered)

Myelin sheaths (collapsed)

Nucleus of fibrocyte (endoneurium)Nucleus of Schwann cell (myelin sheath)

Cross section of mixed nerve fibres

Mixed nerve fibre bundle. H.E. stain; x250.

Nucleus of fibrocyte (endoneurium)

Cross section through myelin sheaths (Schwann cells)

Loose connective tissue

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Perineurium

Mixed nerve

Endoneurium

Flattened, heterochromatic nuclei of fibrocytes (endoneurium)

Euchromatic nuclei of Schwann cells

Nerve cell

Adipose tissue

Epineurium

Mixed nerve fibre bundle, dog.Goldner's Masson trichrome stain; x40.

Perineurium

Myelin sheaths (Schwann cells)

Endoneurium

Heavily myelinated nerve fibre

Poorly myelinated nerve fibre

Mixed nerve fibre, dog.Goldner's Masson trichrome stain; x360.

Poorly myelinated nerve fibres(longitudinal, oblique and transverse sections)

Poorly myelinated nerve fibres (transverse section)

Perineurium

Adipose tissue

Epineurium

Bundle of poorly myelinated nerve fibre, dog. Goldner's Masson trichrome stain; x250.

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Heavily myelinated nerve fibre (obvious myelin sheath)

Myelinated nerve fibres of varying diameter and degree of myelin sheath development.

Perineurium

Goldner's Masson trichrome stain; x480.

dog.

Nerve cell

Remnants of nerve fibre processes (degraded or dissolved during processing)Endoneurium

Poorly myelinated nerve fibre

Mixed nerve (cross section), dog.

Endoneurium

Myelin sheath with nerve fibre remnants

Poorly myelinated nerve fibre

Endoneurium

Capillary in perineurium

Nerve fibres (oblique sections)

Poorly myelinated nerve fibreMixed nerve (cross section), Goldner's Masson trichrome stain; x480.

Myelinated nerve fibre

dog.Osmium

Myelinated nerve fibre (cerebrospinal fibres) (distinct myelin sheath)

Poorly myelinated nerve fibres (autonomic fibres) (minimally developed myelin sheath)

Poorly myelinated nerve fibre

Mixed nerve (cross section, impregnation technique; x480.

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Nerve cell

Myelinated nerve fibres (distinct myelin sheath)

Poorly myelinated nerve fibre bundle

Loose

with nerve fibre remnants

Capillary in perineurium

Nucleus of Schwann cell

Endoneurium

Mixed nerve fibres (cross section), horse. H.E. stain; x480.

connective tissue

Perineurium

Myelinated nerve fibres of varying diameter (cross section)

Vessels in perineurium

Predominantly poorly myelinated nerve fibres

Mixed nerve fibre bundle (cross section), horse; x300.

Node of Ranvier

Nucleus of Schwann cell

Nucleus of fibrocyte in endoneurium

Node of Ranvier

Nucleus of Schwann cell

Node of Ranvier

Mixed nerve fibre bundle (longitudinal section), horse.H.E. stain; x400.

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Mixed nerve fibre bundle horse.

Nerve cell

Myelinated nerve fibres (distinct myelin sheaths)

Endoneurium

Poorly myelinated nerve fibres (minimally developed myelin sheaths)

Endoneurium

(cross section),Azan stain; x480.

Adipose tissue

Perineurium

Myelinated nerve fibre bundle

Endoneurium

Node of Ranvier

Perineurium

Mixed nerve fibre bundle (longitudinal section), horse. Azan stain; x400.

Poorly myelinated nerve fibre bundle (mostly in cross section)

Poorly myelinated nerve fibre bundle (mostly in longitudinal section)

Loose

Autonomic ganglion with oblique sections of multipolar nerve cells and mantle cells (glial cells)

Myelinated nerve and autonomic ganglion, urinary bladder, cat.

Perineurium

Fibrocytes in perineurium

Nucleus of Schwann cell

connective tissue

Azan stain; x250.