This electron micrograph is a cross section through a portion of an axon and its associated myelin wrap from the cochlear nerve of the cat. This high magnification view showcases the regular periodic...

This electron micrograph shows the plasma membrane of epithelial cells of the brush border of the cat intestine, obtained from a thin section parallel to the free surface. The ability to visualize ce...

Figure 428 from Chapter 16 (Cytoplasmic matrix and cytoskeleton) of 'The Cell, 2nd Ed.' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. Papillary muscle of cat heart shows one sarcomere length of two adjacent myofibrils at h...

Schwann cells in peripheral nerves secrete a layer similar to the basal lamina called the lamina externa, boundary layer, or basement membrane. In this micrograph, the lamina externa surrounds the Sc...

Transmission electron micrograph showing the inactive X chromosome (labeled Sex Chromatin), and also known as the Barr body, adpressed to the nucleolus in this section through the nucleus of a spinal ...