9-30 Nervous tissue

PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

NERVES – 4

Upper image: cross sectioned medium sized nerve covered by a perineurium and surrounded by connective tissue.
Most of its fibers are myelinated and seen cross-sectioned.

Lower image: detail of the nerve. Observe some oblique sectioned nerve fibers highlighted in blue.

Nerve (cross section). Staining: HE. Medium magnification.