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Where Do Purkinje Cells Sit in the Cerebellum?
The cerebellar cortex has molecular, Purkinje-cell and granular layers. Large Purkinje cell bodies form a row between the other two layers, with dendrites extending into the molecular layer and an axon passing inward through the granular layer.
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What the illustration shows
English medical poster showing a reconstructed strip of cerebellar cortex on navy blue. A pale-blue molecular layer lies above a single row of peach Purkinje cell bodies, with densely packed blue granular cells below. A selected gold cell sends a branching dendritic tree upward and a slender axon downward through the granular layer. Labels identify layers, cell body, dendritic tree and axon. A lower inset repeats this relationship. Gold AllHumanBody.com branding and the full slogan appear at the foot.
How to interpret this poster
- Illustrative reconstruction, not a single thin stained section, exhaustive circuit or measured cell count.
- The molecular layer is not cell-free; granular-layer cells are not all Purkinje somata. Branch complexity, proportions and glow are schematic.
- Cerebellar cortex is not six-layer cerebral cortex, and these neurons are not cardiac Purkinje fibers.
- AI-assisted educational illustration; not physician certification, microscopy, a diagnosis or individualized medical advice.
- Fine annotations need enlargement; the full description provides an accessible text alternative.
- Display the full uncropped illustration; do not trim titles, legends or boundary annotations.
AI-assisted educational illustration, adapted into web-sized images without changing its composition. This is general education, not an individual diagnosis or treatment recommendation.
EVIDENCE / CONTEXT
Sources and what they support
- Histology Guide: Cerebellum ↗
Three cortical layers, Purkinje soma row, outward dendrites and inward axon.