Cerebellar cortex                                    Chart

      
Cell types: Neuron - pyramidal cell, oligodendrocyte, astrocyte, microglia, ependymal cell
 

Differential diagnosis:
Other nervous tissues such as the peripheral nerve have holes which are characteristic and the cerebral cortex does not have H-shaped grey matter with a central canal as in spinal cord. Cerebellar cortex has Purkinje cells which have round and large perikaryons with spider like dendrites.

 Roll over mouse

Diagnostic Features:
a. Tissue is compact (e.g. liver) and there is no lumen visible. It consists mainly of neuronal cells with prominent axons (nerve fibers).
b. Purkinje cells are visible in the cytoarchitecture of the cerebral cortex as darkly stained cells with multipolar neurons and round shaped pericaryon (cell body).

Draw your own section here and make your diagnosis by data base selection below

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Database selection: Practical Tissue Gross

Level 1: Select  compact
Level 2: Select connective tissue from list of sclerous, muscular, connective, organ-glands and nervous tissues. Tissue has visible fibers (axons) and the relative homogeneity of nervous sections.
Level 3: Select cerebral cortex in view of multipolar pyramidal cells with triangular shaped pericaryons.

Note cytoarchitectonic laminae in cerebral cortex (6 layers).

 

http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com  ŠThe Human Anatomy Museum