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Image 5: Auerbach’s plexus, smooth muscle in cross section.

Key to Image 5:

CIRC: inner circular smooth muscle layer of muscularis externa
Long: outer longitudinal smooth muscle layer of muscularis externa
Au: Auerbach’s plexus
** denotes the two ends of one nerve cell body (also known as soma or perikaryon)

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List of Images
Low magnification of duodenum	Dermal papilla
Close-up of villus	High magnification of sweat gland
Close-up of intestinal glands and Brunner's glands	High magnification of a nerve in the dermis
Close-up of boundary between submucosa and muscularis externa	Cartilage from human trachea
Auerbach's plexus, smooth muscle in cross section	High magnification of cartilage
Thick skin at low magnification	Skeletal muscle
High magnification of epidermis

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