May's marvellous cell
Here, once again, is that glial cell, but with two magnified portions.
The features which you can see in the cytoplasm are consistent with
an active secretory role for this cell.
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Here, we are closer to the point of origin of the glial processes.
The small ribosomal particles are still plentiful, as well as moderately
large dense bodies. The two largest features showing here are probably
also secretory material, having a slightly more angular appearance than
pigment granules.
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This is part of the cytoplasm towards the base of the cell.
You can see some moderately dense bodies, as well as some relatively
clear-looking vesicular or vacuolar organelles. There are also large numbers
of small particles, interpreted as ribosomes.
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You can see more details of the pigment cells, which appear to the left
of our glial cell, in the Opiliones Notes.
