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

 occupy the large lymphatic spaces or lacunae of the interlamellar ground 



FIG. 540. CORNEAL CORPUSCLES OF 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 

 (posterior basal lamella), is similar in structure to the anterior. Like 



