364 NORMAL HISTOLOGY AND ORGANOGRAPHY. 



These sensory endings form telodendria or end- 

 brushes that vary in complexity according to the 

 tissue elements that take part in their formation. 



i. Free Sensory Nerve Endings. These are the 

 simplest forms of nerve endings and occur in epi- 



Stratum 

 corneum. 



Nerve fibers 

 in the epi- 

 dermis. 



Stratum 

 Malpighii. 



Papilla;. 



Nerve fiber. 



Fig. 256. Nerves of epidermis and papillae from ball of cat's foot 

 (Bohm and Davidoff). 



thelial tissues and in some parts of the connective 

 tissues. The sensory nerve fibers near its termina- 

 tion repeatedly branch, the latter retaining the 

 medullary sheath. The branches appear always at 

 the nodes of Ranvier. From this coarse plexus a 



