 ... thus named, which seem chiefly intended to contribute to the perfection of the skin as an organ of touch, seeing that they are highly developed where the sense of touch is exquisite, and vice versa.  Quain's Elements of Anatomy - Page 241by Jones Quain - 1882Full view - About this book
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...rise to the appearance of small transverse furrows, which intersect the ridges from point to point. On the palm of the hand and palmar surface of the fingers the sudonferous pores are situated at about one-sixth of a line apart along the ridges, and at a little... | |
 | Alexander Bain - 1855 - 674 pages
...where the sense of touch is exquisite, and vice versa. They serve also to extend the surface for the production of the cuticular tissue, and hence are...papillae are large, and in close array on the palm and palmar surface of the fingers, and on the corresponding parts of the foot There FIG. 6.* they are... | |
 | Jones Quain - 1856 - 548 pages
...where the sense of touch is exquisite, and vice, versa. They serve also to extend the surface for the production of the cuticular tissue, and hence are large-sized and numerous under the nail. The papillre are large, and in close array on the palm and palmar surface of the fingers, and on the corresponding... | |
 | Jones Quain - 1867 - 770 pages
...where the sense of touch in exquisite, and vice versa. They serve also to extend the surface for the production of the cuticular tissue, and hence are...papillae are large, and in close array on the palm and palmar surface of the lingers, and on the corresponding parts of the foot (fig. ex.). There they... | |
 | Jones Quain - 1867 - 642 pages
...the sense of touch is exquisite, and vice versa. They serve abo to extend the • irf.icc- for the production of the cuticular tissue, and hence are large-sized and numerous under the naiL The papillœ are large, and in close array on the palm and palmar surface of the fingers, and on the corresponding... | |
 | Alexander Bain - 1872 - 764 pages
...where the sense of touch is exquisite, and vice versd. They serve also to extend the surface for the production of the cuticular tissue, and hence are large-sized and numerous under the nail The papilla are large, and in close array on the palm and palmar surface of the fingers, and on the corresponding... | |
 | Alexander Bain - 1894 - 744 pages
...production of the cuticular tissue, and hence are large-sized and numerous under the nail. The papillre are large, and in close array on the palm of the hand...fingers, and on the corresponding parts of the foot. In these places they are ranged in lines forming the characteristic curvilinear ridges seen when the... | |
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