Nervous Tissue



A neuron in the anterior(ventral) horn of spinal cord. The round pale nucleus contains a prominent nucleolus. Its cytoplasm is filled with abundant organelles. (Identification of the organelles is difficult as the magnification is too low). Three pale dendrites project from the cell body(soma). At least five oligodendrocytes are closely associated with the neuron. In the neuropil, can you differentiate the myelinated axons from the pale dendrites in different planes of section?