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neal 'corpuscles' are branched lamellar connective tissue cells, which 

 occupy the large lymphatic spaces or lacunae of the interlamellar ground 



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FIG. 540. CORNEAL CORPUSCLES OP THE FROG. 



a, as seen in tangential section; b, as seen in transection of the cornea. Chlorid 

 of gold. Highly magnified. (After Rollett.) 



substance, and which send fiber-like processes into the interlacing lym- 

 phatic channels. 



The posterior homogeneous membrane, or membrane of Descemet 

 (/><>nterior basal lamella), is similar in structure to the anterior. Like 



