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PERIPHERAL NERVE TERMINATIONS 



of the nerve fibre gives the corpuscle a peculiar spirally striated 

 appearance. Within the corpuscle the nerve fibre breaks into a 

 plexus of varicose fibrils, many of which end in knobbed extrem- 

 ities. The corpuscles also contain many flattened or cuneiform 

 epithelioid cells which are interspersed among the nerve fibrils. 



FIG. 123. TACTILE CORPUSCLE OF MEISSNER. 



a, nerve fibrils which enter the corpuscle 

 and supply its nerve skein. Methylen blue. 

 Very highly magnified. (After Dogiel.) 



FIG. 125. END BULB OF KRAUSE FROM THE 



MARGIN OF THE OCULAR CONJUNCTIVA. 



The neuraxis -forms a dense skein within 

 the encapsulated bulb. Methylen bl ue. High- 

 ly magnified. (After Dogiel.) 



n L 



FlG. 124. EUFFINI'S END ORGAN. 



A single nerve fibre breaks up to 

 form the tangle of nerve fibrils within 

 the organ. gH, medullary sheath ; il, 

 terminal fibrils of the axis cylinder ; 

 L, connective tissue capsule. (After 

 Ruffini.) 



