Betz Cells

                 

                                                              Cerebral Cortex: Billions Of Cells

 

 

 

Histological Structure Of Cerebral Cortex

 

Six Layers Of Cells

 

 

 

 Pyramidal Cells

 

 

 

 

 

Pyramidal Cells

 

BETZ CELLS 

 

Vladimir Alekseyevich Betz (1834–1894) 

 

Professor of Anatomy and a histologist at the 

 

Kiev University.  

 

Pyramidal neurons (aka the giant pyramidal neurons)

 

They are located in the fifth layer of the grey matter in the primary motor cortex.

 

 

 

Betz Cells: Fast Conducting Neurons

 

 

 Betz Cells = Corticospinal Tract

 

 

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