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Credit: Elements of histology / by E. Klein. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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No text description is available for this image![-From a Vertical Section through tlie Epidermis. a, The stratum Malpighii; h c, the stratum lucidum (Atlas.) the stratum granulosum ; d, the stratum corneum. of globular or elliptical granules of the nature inter- mediate between protoplasm and keratin. Their sub- stance is called eleidin by E.an- vier, keratohy- alin by Waide- yer; these cells form the stra- tum granulo- sum of Langer- hans. Deeper down the cells are less flat- tened and more polyhedral,and the deepest form a layer of more or less columnar cells, placed vei^tically on the surface of the subjacent corium. The substance of the hairs, nails, cla^vs, hoofs, consists of horny scales. (See chapter on Skin.) 22. The stratified paveoieiat epitlie- liiim (Fig. 15) lining the cavity of the mouth, the surface of the tongue, the pharynx and oesophagus of man and mammals, and the anterior surface of the cornea, &c., is, as regards the style and arrange- ment of the cells, identi- cal with the stratum Malpighii of the epider- Fig:. 15.—From a Vertical Sectioai through the anterior layers of the. Cornea. a, The stratified pavement epithelium}] 6, the substantia propria, with thsj corneal corpuscles between its lamella (Handbook.) th thsj ^mellMH](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2041044x_0042.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)