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THE ESSENTIALS OF HISTOLOGY. 



ramifications amongst the contractile fibre-cells. These nerves will 

 be more fully studied in connection with the intestine. 



FIG. 125. SUB-EPITHELIAL PLEXUS OF THE CORNEA TREATED WITH CHLORIDE OF 

 GOLD. (Ranvier.) 



n, branch of primary plexus ; a, small branch passing to join the sub-epithelial plexus, e. 



Jl b 



FIG. 126. VERTICAL SECTION OF CORNEA STAINED WITH CHLORIDE OF GOLD. 



(Ranvier.) 



/', /, primary plexus in connective tissue of cornea ; a, branch passing to sub-epithelial plexus, ,<t ; 

 p, intra-epithelial plexus ; 6, terminations of fibrils. 



In voluntary muscle the nerves, which are always medullated, ter- 

 minate in special motor end-organs. A medullated fibre will branch 



