Spinal cord - center (4x objective lens)

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This low magnification view shows the central region of the spinal cord. The gray matter, which contains the cell bodies of neurons, is more darkly stained than the surrounding white matter, which contains axons and dendrites. Locate the central canal of the spinal cord, located in the center of the image. It is surrounded by a thin band of gray matter, called the gray comissure, which connects the larger masses of gray matter located in the left and right halves of the spinal cord. Lighter stained regions of white matter can be seen both above and below the gay commisure. In the lower center of the image is the ventral fissure of the spinal cord, which divides the ventral region of the cord into two halves.

 

Stain = silver.

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