Multipolar Neurons

Anterior horn motor cells—i.e., motor neurons of the columnar anterior from the spinal cord— were obtained by careful maceration of the spinal cord and stained as a “squeeze preparation” (tissue spread out by gentle pressure). This technique makes it possible to preserve long stretches of the numerous long neuritis and make them visible after staining. In a tissue section, most of the cell processes would be sheared off. In this preparation, it is hardly possible to distinguish between axons (neuritis, axis cylinder) and the heavily branched dendrites. Axons extend from the nerve cell to the musculature and form synapses.

Figure: Multipolar Neurons

References

Kuehnel, W.(2003). Color Atlas of Cytology, Histology, and Microscopic Anatomy. 4^th edition . Institute of Anatomy Universitätzu Luebeck Luebeck, Germany . Thieme Stuttgart · New York .