Anatomy and physiology labs

Introduction to ScienceExperiment 1Microscopic Anatomy of the Nervous System Experiment Inventory

Materials Nervous System Slide Viewer

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EXPERIMENT 1: MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

The human nervous system is capable of a wide variety of functions. These abilities stem from the microscopic anatomy of this system, which you will observe in this experiment.

PROCEDURE

1. Open the slide viewer to examine the spinal cord smear and myelinated nerve fiber digital slide images. Then, answer the post-lab questions.