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mass composed of polyhedral cells. In man these corpuscles are spherical 

 in shape, and receive many nerve fibers which wind through the corpuscles 

 and end in the free extremities, figure 103. 





FIG. 102. Tactile Corpuscle of Meissner, Tactile Cell and Free Nerve Ending. (Merkel- 

 Henle.) a, Corpuscle proper, outside of which is seen the connective-tissue capsule; b, fiber end- 

 ing on tactile cell; c, fiber ending freely among the epithelial cells. 



Tactile Menisques. In different regions of the skin of man, one 

 meets, in the superficial layers and in the Malpighian layers, nerves 

 which, after having lost their myelin sheath, divide and subdivide to form 



FIG. 103. 



FIG. 104. 



FIG. 103. End-,Bulb ot Krause. a, Medullated nerve fiber; b, capsule of corpuscle. 

 FIG. 104. A Termination of a Medullated Nerve Fiber in Tendon, lower half with Convoluted 

 Medullated Nerve Fiber. (Golgi.) 



extremely beautiful arborizations. The branches of these arborizations 

 are the tactile menisques. These menisques, which simulate the form of a 

 leaf, represent a mode of terminal nervous arborization (Ranvier). 



