Epigastrium

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 398

Epigastrium (Gr. epi, 'over,' and gastēr, 'the stomach'), the part of the Abdomen (q.v.) which chiefly corresponds to the situation of the stomach, extending from the sternum towards the navel or umbilicus. It is called in popular language the pit of the stomach.

A detailed scientific illustration of a perpendicular section of the skin of a Negro leg, magnified 250 times. The drawing shows several layers of the skin. At the top, there are elongated, finger-like projections labeled 'a' and 'a'', representing papillae of the cutis. Below these are several layers of cells. A layer of cells is labeled 'b', representing the deepest intensely coloured layer of perpendicularly elongated cells of the mucous layer. Above this is a layer labeled 'c', representing the upper stratum of the same layer. At the very bottom is a layer labeled 'd', representing the horny layer. The illustration shows the complex structure and stratification of the epidermis.
Perpendicular Section of the Skin of the Leg of a Negro (magnified 250 diameters): a, a', papillae of the cutis; b, deepest intensely coloured layer of perpendicularly elongated cells of the mucous layer; c, upper stratum of the same layer; d, horny layer.
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