Clinical Case

During a party in the passage of the mens' hostel a students falls through the glass door and cuts a number of tendons including N.ulnaris of his left forearm. The tendons as well as the sheath of the nerve is repaired. How would one distinguish between Schwann cell nuclei and connective tissue nuclei? How would one distinguish between the axon and myelin? What is chromatolysis? At what tempo does the regenerating axons grow?

Microscopy

A low magnification of a neuromuscular bundle demonstrating the structure of a nerve. Fig 032-001

A high magnification of a cross section through a nerve bundle demonstrating the structure of a nerve fiber. Fig 032-002

The following figure represents the process of nerve repair. (Diagram is taken from Histology by Stevens & Lowe 1st Edition, Fig 13:21 p. 222) Fig 2

Memorandum
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