Macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of normal organs

Nervous system

Fig. 31. Brain (macropreparation). The right hemisphere lacks pia mater

Fig. 32. Brain: cerebral cortex (micropreparation). 1, pia mater; 2, molecular layer; 3, external granular layer; 4, pyramidal layer. Hematoxylin and eosin staining

Fig. 33. Detail of Fig. 32. Pyramidal neurons. 1, axon; 2, lateral dendrites; 3, apical dendrite. Hematoxylin and eosin staining

Fig. 34. Cerebellum (micropreparation). 1, molecular layer; 2, ganglionic layer (Purkinje cells); 3, granular layer. Hematoxylin and eosin staining