Would you expect to see a tissue type other than nervous tissue or connective tissue in a cross-section of a peripheral nerve? If so, what? If not, why?
Peripheral nervous system is the part of nervous system that consist 43pairs of motor and sensory nerves that conncets brain and spinal cord to the entire body.
Peripheral nerve cross section shows :-
Nervous tissue supported by connective tissue.
No other type of tissues are seen.
Nervous tissue includes nerve cells and neuroglial cells (schwann cell present in peripheral nerve).
Because only nervous tissue has the ability of generating and transportation of nerve impulses.
Connective supports to form nerve fibers as nerves.
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