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occur in ilic curium of the skin. Similar, though more highly developed, 

 end bulbs form the so-called </rnilal corpuscles which are found in con- 

 siderable numbers in the connective tissue of the glans penis, prepuce, 

 and clitoris. In some of the smaller (cylindrical} end bulbs found in 

 the tendons, the mucous membranes, and in certain portions of the skin, 



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FIG. 184. A LAMELLAR CORPUSCLE FROM 

 THE PLEURA OF A CHILD. 



a, lamellae; b, nerve fiber; c, nerve. 

 Methylene blue. Moderately magnified. 

 (After Dogiel.) 



FIG. 185. LAMELLAR CORPUSCLE FROM 

 THE MESENTERY OF A KITTEN. 



The nerve fiber shows lateral proc- 

 esses, many of which are knobbed. 

 Methylene blue. Moderately magni- 

 fied. (After Sala.) 



the nerve fiber fails to divide but ends near the distal extremity of the 

 bulb in a small fusiform end knob. 



4. Lamellar Corpuscles (Pacinian Corpuscles, Vater's Corpuscles, 

 Vater-Pacinian Corpuscles). These are among the largest of the nerve 

 end organs. In the mesentery of the cat they are of macroscopic size, 

 varying in length from two to three millimeters. They assume the form 



of a large ovoid thickening, placed upon the end of a nerve fiber. The 

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