The innervation of the craniofacial and oropharyngeal territories of the head is provided by cranial nerves (green and red) with both sensory and motor modalities.
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This movie show the sensory innervation of the developing legs (red and green) and autonomic ganglia in the sacral region (cyan).
Major actor of mastication, swallowing, taste and respiration, the tongue is also a central component of animal vocalization and speech anatomy in Human. This movie...
Whole embryo in which the sensory nerves of the peripheral nervous system are stained (white). Neurons located in numerous ganglia project throughout the body to collect...
The motor innervation (labeled in red) of the foot musculature intimately parallels the developing muscle fibers outlined (in cyan) by a marker of myogenic precursors.
Movie of a fetal foot showing the location of muscle progenitors (white dots) found at the sites of developing skeletal muscles.
Hand muscles are seen in white and are then individually colored. The bones can also be seen.
Movie of a fetal arm and hand showing the location of muscle progenitors found at the sites of developing skeletal muscles.
The wall of the gastro-intestinal system (gut) is innervated by axons coming from the vagus nerve. The gut is also covered by a dense network of enteric neurons (in...
This movie shows the gastrointestinal system and gut villi (yellow) as well as the smooth muscles (cyan) in the intestinal wall and the arteries of the gust vascular...
This movie shows the gastrointestinal system and gut villi (white) as well as the smooth muscles (cyan) in the intestinal wall and the arteries of the gust vascular...
The wall of the gastro-intestinal system (gut) is innervated by axons coming from the vagus nerve. The gut is also covered by a dense network of enteric neurons which...