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HISTOLOGY 



glands to the deeper part of the corium, where they branch freely, receiv- 

 ing the veins from the fat lobules and sweat glands. Larger veins con- 

 tinue into the subcutaneous tissue where the main channels receive specific 



names. 



The lymphatics form a fine- meshed plexus of narrow vessels beneath 



Epidermis. 



Branches of the subpapil- 

 lary arterial plexus. 



- V e ; ns o f the second super- 

 ficial plexus. 



^ Veins along the duct of a 

 sweat gland. 



Subcutane- 

 ous tissue. 





Large vein. Vessel to the Vessel to the 



fat tissue. sweat gland. 



FIG. 412. PART OF A VERTICAL SECTION OF THE INJECTED SKIN OF THE SOLE OF THE FOOT. X 20. 

 The veins are not completely filled by the injection. 



the subpapillary network of blood vessels, receiving tributary loops from 

 the papillae. This plexus empties into a wide-meshed subcutaneous 

 plexus. There are lymphatic vessels around the hair sheaths, sebaceous 

 glands, and sweat glands. 



The nerves form a wide-meshed plexus in the deep subcutaneous tissue, 

 and secondary plexuses as they ascend through the skin. The sympathetic, 



