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HISTOLOGY. 



The substantia propria consists of delicate straight connective tissue 

 fibrils which are united in bundles of an almost uniform thickness by a 



Epithelium. 

 Anterior basal membrane. 



Substantia propria. 



Posterior basal membrane. 

 Mesenchymal epithelium. 



FIG. 422. VERTICAL SECTION OF A HUMAN CORNEA. X TOO. 



Corneal canaliculus. Corneal space. Corneal cells. 



FIG. 423- CORNEAL SPACES AND CANALICULI (IN pic. 424. CORNEAL CELLS FROM A HORIZONTAL 



WHITE) FROM A HORIZONTAL SECTION OP SECTION OF THE CORNEA OF A RABBIT. 

 THE CORNEA OF AN Ox. Silver preparation. x 240 

 X 240. 



(fluid?) interfibrillar cement. The bundles are cemented together, form- 

 ing superposed flat lamellae parallel with the surface. The layers are 



