Multipolar nerve cells
spinal cord
Ronald A. Bergman, Ph.D., Adel K. Afifi, M.D., Paul M. Heidger,
Jr., Ph.D.
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Guinea pig, alcohol, Bielschowsky's* method, 612 x.
Multipolar nerve cell: Cell body and multiple processes (axon and dendrites) that contain neurofibrils in the cytoplasm and a prominent nucleus. Muscle fibers also contain fibrillar structures within their cytoplasm. See Plate 71.
Nucleus: Centrally located within the cell body with a large deeply stained nucleolus.
Neuropil: Region between neurons filled with processes of nerve cells, neuroglia, and blood vessels.
*Bielschowsky, 1869-1940, was a German neuropathologist.
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