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Fig. 109. — A nerve cell from the cerebral cortex, a, basal dendrons; b, apical 

 dendron; c, collaterals of axon; e, axon; p, apical dendrons ending in branches 

 near the surface of the brain. (From Schafer, Textbook of Microscopic Anatomy, 

 Longmans, Green & Company, after Cajal, By permission.) 



