CHAPTER XXXVIII 



THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES 



THE skin is composed of two parts, epidermis or cuticle, and dermis 

 or cutis vera. 



The Epidermis is composed of a large number of layers of cells ; 

 it is a very thick stratified epithelium. The deeper layers are proto- 



FIG. 436. Vertical'section of the epidermis of the prepuce, a, stratum corneum, of very few layers 

 the stratum lucidum and stratum granulosum not being distinctly represented ; b, c, d, and e, the 

 layers of the stratum Malpighii, a certain number of the cells in layers d and e showing signs of 

 division ; it consists chiefly of prickle cells ; g, connective-tissue cells in cutis vera. (Cadiat.) 



plasmic, and form the rete mucosum, or Afalpighian layer ; the surface 

 layers are hard and horny ; this horny layer is the thickest part of 

 the epidermis, and is specially thick on the palms and soles, where 



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