STErCTLTlE OF THE CORNEA. 



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and below, so that they cannot readily be stripped away for any 

 distance. The fibrils are collected into roundish bundles, which, as 



Fig. 400. 



Fig. 400. — Vertical Section of Human Cornea from near the margin (Waldeyer). 



Magnified. 



1, epitlieliura ; 2, anterior homogeneous lamina ; 3, substantia propria corneas ; 4, pos- 

 terior homogeneous (elastic) lamina ; 5, epithelioid layer of the anterior chamber ; a, most 

 anterior layer of the substantia propria with oblique fibres ; b, fibres cut across, producing 

 a dotted appearance ; c, corneal corpuscles appearing fusiform in section ; d, bundles of 

 fibres cut longitudinally, presenting a homogeneous appearance ; e, transition to the sclerotic, 

 with more distinct fibrillation, and surmounted by a thicker epithelium ; /, small blood- 

 vessels cut across. 



well as the laminae they form, are, as in the connective tissue elsewhere, 

 separated from each other by ground substance. The latter is in 

 greater abundance between the fibrous strata than elsewhere, and in 



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