. The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals. Veterinary anatomy. TACTILE PAPILLA FROM THE SKIN, SHOWING THE tactile corpuscles, OR " axile ; A, In the natural state; B, treated with acetic acid. Fig. 485. length, and from to inch in width. In the. Sheep, there is found, in the skin between the claws, a particular inversion of the integument that f onus a small elongated pouch, curving upwards, and terminating in a cul-de-sac. This is the inter- digitalpouch, interungulate gland, sinus, or biflex canal —sinus cutaneus unguJarum,- it secretes a viscid matter from gland


. The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals. Veterinary anatomy. TACTILE PAPILLA FROM THE SKIN, SHOWING THE tactile corpuscles, OR " axile ; A, In the natural state; B, treated with acetic acid. Fig. 485. length, and from to inch in width. In the. Sheep, there is found, in the skin between the claws, a particular inversion of the integument that f onus a small elongated pouch, curving upwards, and terminating in a cul-de-sac. This is the inter- digitalpouch, interungulate gland, sinus, or biflex canal —sinus cutaneus unguJarum,- it secretes a viscid matter from glands which, according to Ercolani, are analogous to the sebaceous glands. The pouch is lined with very fine hairs, and often contains foreign substances, such as sand ; it sometimes becomes in- flamed and its orifice occluded, when it is transformed into a retention cyst.) The sudoriparous glands are deeper situated than the last (passing even into INTERUNGULATE SINUS OF SHEEP. Inner aspect of first phalanx ; b, hoof, or claw; c, interungulate gland ; d, ori6ce of its Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chauveau, A. (Auguste), 1827-1917; Arloing, S. (Saturnin), 1846-1911; Fleming, George, 1833-1901. New York, D. Appleton


Size: 1467px × 1702px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookauthorchauveauaauguste18271, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890