Question 16

(Multiple Choice)

You are studying a cross-sectional tissue slice of a nerve using a transmission electron microscope.  You find an area where there appears to be a small amount of cytoplasm surrounded by about 100 layers of stacked cell membranes.You conclude that you have found


A)a neuron cell body.
B)a synapse.
C)an unmyelinated axon.
D)a myelinated axon.

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