404 NORMAL HISTOLOGY AND ORGANOGRAPHY. 



2. The layer of small pyramidal cells is not well 

 defined and usually not so broad as the molecular 

 layer. The nerve cells have a triangular body, the 

 apex being directed toward the surface of the cortex. 

 From this apex a primordial dendrite ascends and 



Brush-like telodendrion. 



Main dendrite. 



Secondary dendrite. 



Basal dendrite.' 



Neuraxis with collaterals- 



Fig. 279. Large pyramidal cells from the human cerebral cortex, 

 Chrome-silver method (Bohm and Davidoff). 



gives off a number of branches that end in terminal 

 filaments or telodendria in the outer layer, frequently 

 at the brain surface. Several short dendrites arise 



