Histology of the Nervous System

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Histology of the Nervous System
X-Section of Brain Tissue
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1. Pia mater 2. Cerebral cortex 3. White mater 4.
Neurons (Nerve cell bodies)
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X-Section of the Cerebellum
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5. Cerebellar cortex (Gray mater) 6. Arbor vitae
(White mater)
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1. Pia mater 7. Dorsal median sulcus 8. Dura
mater 9. Central canal 10. Anterior median fissure
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11. Dorsal gray horn 12. Lateral gray horn 13.
Ventral gray horn 14. Dorsal white column 15.
Lateral white column 16. Anterior white column
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18. Epineurium 19. Perineurium (surrounds the
nerve fascicles) 20. Nerve Fascicles 21.
Neuroglial cells 22. Neuron (Nerve cell body)
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23. Meissners corpuscles
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24. Muscle Spindle Fibers
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25. Taste Buds
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Layers of the Retina
Biopolar cell layer
Cell Bodies of the Rods Cone layers
Rods Cones
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32. Cochlea