Epidermal Section
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Description: A section through the epidermis, somewhat diagrammatic, highly magnified. Below is seen a papilla of the dermis, with its artery, f, and veins, gg; a, the horny layer of the epidermis; b, the rete muscosum or Malpighian layer; d, the layer of columnar epidermic cells in immediate contact with the dermis; h, the duct of a sweat gland.
Source: Martin, H. Newell The Human Body: A Text-book of Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1900) 221
Keywords: epidermis, epidermal, papilla, "rete muscosum", "columnar epidermic cells", "sweat gland", "sweat duct"
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