Grandry corpuscles
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Transverse section of a Grandry corpuscle in the beak of a mallard (azan)
The Grandry cells and incoming nerve fiber are encircled by schwann cells or satellite cells that can hardly be distinguished from a thin external capsule of dense connective tissue.
Grandry cells are pale staining cells that contain dense core vesicles and cytoplasmatic filaments.