. Fig. 23.—Vertical Section of Epidekmis (Human). Ranvier.) (After J, The horny layer of the epidermis ; B, the rete mucosum ; a, the columnar pigment-containing cells of the rete ; b, the polyhedral cells ; c, the stratum granulosum ; d, the stratum lucidum ; c, swollen horny cells; /, the stratum squamosum. that are set immediately on the corium, are columnar in shape. In animals that have a coloured skin these cells contain pigment granules. Directly superposed to these we find cells which in shape are polyhedral. Above them, and forming the most superficial layer of the rete mucosum,

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