NERVE-CELLS. 



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Axis-cylinder Process. Every nerve-cell has an axis-cylinder 

 process, which, in the medullated nerve-fiber, becomes the axis- 

 cylinder, and in the non-medullated is the nerve-fiber itself. This 



,. Dendrite. 



Neuraxis. 



FIG. 76. A ganglion-cell from anterior horn of the spinal cord of calf; teased 

 preparation ; X 140 ; by this method only the coarsest ramifications of the dendrites 

 are preserved ; the rest are torn off (Bohm and Davidoff ). 



process is characterized by the fact that it gives off a few 

 side-shoots, collaterals in its course ; thus its branching is very 

 limited. To this process some histologists apply the term neuronj 



-Dendrite. 



Neuraxis. 



Neuraxis. 



Dendrite.-" 



FIG. 77. Motor neurones from the anterior horn of the spinal cord of a newborn 

 cat; chrome-silver method (Huber). 



while others call it neuraxon, or axon, and reserve the term 

 "neuron* 1 for the whole nerve-unit that is, the cell and all its 

 processes, for which the term neurone is more commonly used. 



