Bain, Alexander, 1818-1903 · New York, D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 199
ng that they are highly developed where the sense oftouch is exquisite, and vice versa. They serve also to extendthe surface for the production of the cuticular tissue, andhence are large-sized and numerous under the nail. Thepapillge are large, and in close array on the palm and palmarsurface of… … dermis. They are of a conical figure, round or blunted atthe top, and are received into corresponding pits on theunder surface of the cuticle. Theymeasure on the hand from 2^^to yIq of an inch in height. Inthe ridges, the large papillae areplaced sometimes in single, butmore commonly in double…
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