A manual of examinations : upon anatomy, physiology, surgery, practice of medicine, chemistry, obstetrics, materia medica, pharmacy and therapeutics, especially designed for students of medicine, to which is added a medical formulary . ld of the cutis vera, and into every apertureon its surface. What is its stnicture ? — It does not appear to be organized, nordoes it possess any sensibility. What was formerly called rete mucosum ? — The cuticle being inlaminae, the inferior of which was called by this name. What are the sweat glands ? — They are situated under the cutisvera of various sizes, a
A manual of examinations : upon anatomy, physiology, surgery, practice of medicine, chemistry, obstetrics, materia medica, pharmacy and therapeutics, especially designed for students of medicine, to which is added a medical formulary . ld of the cutis vera, and into every apertureon its surface. What is its stnicture ? — It does not appear to be organized, nordoes it possess any sensibility. What was formerly called rete mucosum ? — The cuticle being inlaminae, the inferior of which was called by this name. What are the sweat glands ? — They are situated under the cutisvera of various sizes, and pink color in various j)a^rts of the body;the duct when magnified is seen to be very tortuous, with one end inthe gland and the other opening on the skin. The duct has twoportions, the dermic and epidermic, the former terminating in a funnel-shaped opening between the papilla, the latter commences at theinner part of the cuticle, and assumes a spiral form.* Of what are the nails (Fig. 56,) a continuation? — They are con-sidered as a continuation of the cuticle; they appear as if implantedunder a fold of the cutis vera, and adhere to a semilunar doubling ofthe cuticle. What is their structure ? — They resemble ANATOMY. S3 How are the nails formed ? — They grow from the surface of thetrue skin, on which they lie, and theirfibres shoot forward from their roots. TThere are the bulbs of the hair situ-ated ? — The hairs grow from roots^called bulbs, which are situated in thecutis vera ] they are small pulpy bodies,invested by a membrane. (Fig. .55.) How do the hairs pass from the cutis ?— They proceed betwixt the papillae,and pierce the cuticle. Describe the hair. — It is now calleda rod, with a large number of scalesoverlapping each other. ^
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