Motor Neuron Diorama

Magnified more than 2500 times, this model represents a fully three-dimensional reproduction of a motor nerve cell situated within a milieu of interacting neurons and a skeletal muscle fiber. The membranous envelope has been cut away from the neuron to expose the cytological ultra structure, organelles and inclusions within the cell body. Branching dendrites, communicating synapses and a myelin-wrapped axon with node of Ranvier, project from the neuronal surfgace. A section of the axon lifts off to let you view the tightly wound layers of the enveloping myelin sheath and neurolemma, as well as the Schwann cell which formed them.

Mounted on a wooden base.