NEEVE-CELLS. 133 



those fi'om the g:rey matter of the spinal cord and brain, are of an 

 angular or irregular figure, and send out processes, often finely branched, 

 from their circumference (figs. 87, 88, and 90); and then they are often 



Fig. 88. 



Fig. SS. — Two Nerve-Cells from Anterior Column op Spinal Cord of Ox, isolated 

 AFTER Maceration in very Dilute Chromic Acid. Magnified 175 Diameters. 

 Each cell has a well-defiued, clear, round nucleus, and a bright nucleolus. The cell 



processes are seen to be finely fibrillated, the fibrils passing from one process into another 



through the body of the cell. 



named, according to the number of processes they present, uni-, bi-, 

 and multi-polar ; terms obviously ill chosen, but rendered current by 

 use. They have each, as a rule, a large, well-defined, clear, round 



