Peripheral nerve (40x objective lens)


This high magnification view shows a longitudinal section of the myelinated nerve. The axons are wrapped in the myelin sheaths. Note the nodes of Ranvier (thin lines perpendicular to the long axis of the axons), which are regions where the Schwann cells meet.
 
Stain = H&E.

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