Textbook of normal histology: including an account of the development of the tissues and of the organs . alf: n, nerve-fibre passing intothe inner bulb (b); A*, neurilemma which, withperineurial sheath (C), continues as the capsule,C. (After Schiefferdecker.) THE PERIPHERAL NERVE-ENDINGS. §7 once be considered. These structures, widely distributed in manand mammals, are elliptical, semi-transparent bodies, some 2-3 and half as broad, which occur along the nerves supplying theskin, especially of the hands and feet, the external genitalia, thejoints of the extremities, the periosteum of
Textbook of normal histology: including an account of the development of the tissues and of the organs . alf: n, nerve-fibre passing intothe inner bulb (b); A*, neurilemma which, withperineurial sheath (C), continues as the capsule,C. (After Schiefferdecker.) THE PERIPHERAL NERVE-ENDINGS. §7 once be considered. These structures, widely distributed in manand mammals, are elliptical, semi-transparent bodies, some 2-3 and half as broad, which occur along the nerves supplying theskin, especially of the hands and feet, the external genitalia, thejoints of the extremities, the periosteum of certain bones, the peri-toneum, and many other localities. Of the three component partsof the typical end-bulb, the capsule has undergone the greatestdevelopment in the corpuscles of Vater, being composed of 25-50concentric connective-tissue lamellae, each of which possesses anouter transverse and an inner longitudinal layer of fibres, and is lined by a single layer of endothelialFig. 107. cells; the nuclei of these plates are seen in profile throughout thecapsule. The individual lamellae Fig.
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