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tissue, bound together in bundles of almost uniform thickness by an 

 interfibrillar substance, perhaps fluid; these bundles are joined to one 

 another by an interfascicular cement, so that they form a succession of 



Epithelium. 

 Anterior basal membrane. 



Substantia propria. 



Posterior basal membrane. 



Mesenchymal epithelium. 



FIG. 464. VERTICAL SECTION OF A HUMAN CORNEA. X 100. 



Corneal canaliculus. Corneal space. Corneal cells. 



FIG. 465. CORNEAL SPACES AND CANALICULI (IN FIG. 466. CORNEAL CELLS FROM A HORIZONTAL 

 WHITE) FROM A HORIZONTAL SECTION OF SECTION OF THE CORNEA OF A RABBIT. X 240. 

 THE CORNBA OF AN Ox. Silver preparation. 

 X 240. 



superposed flat lamellae, parallel with the corneal surface. Oblique bun- 

 dles, the so-called arcuate fibers, are found especially in the anterior 

 layers, where they pass from one lamella to that next above or below. 



