Contents Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS
     9. Skin
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    9.35   Toe and nail Version française
Longitudinal section of a big toe.

The following structures are identified:

  • Phalanges and at their tips the synovial cavities and tendons
  • Thick epidermis
  • Dermis and hypodermis, the latter showing islands of adipose tissue delimited by connective tissue septae
  • Some Pacinian corpuscles visible in the hypodermis
  • Hard keratin of the nail sitting on the nail bed and inserted in the nail matrix. The nail is partly covered by the eponychium.

Stain: H–­­E
Magnification: ×7

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