FIBROUS TISSUE 



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FIG. 40. PART OF A LARGE TENDON IN TRANSVERSE SECTION. 



, areolar sheath of the tendon, with the fibres for the most part running transversely, but 

 with two or three longitudinal bundles, b ; 1, lymphatic cleft in the sheath ; immediately 

 over it a blood-vessel is seen cut across, and on the other side of the figure a small artery 

 is shown cut longitudinally ; c, large septum of areolar tissue ; d, smaller septum ; e, still 

 smaller septum. The irregularly stellate bodies are the tendon cells in section. 



FIG. 41. TENDON OF MOUSE'S TAIL, STAINED WITH LOGWOOD ; SHOWING CHAINS 



OF CELLS BETWEEN THE TENDON-BUNDLES. (175 diameters.) 



FIG. 42. TRANSVERSE SECTION OF TENDON OF MOUSE'S TAIL, STAINED. 



(175 diameters.) 



The flattened processes of the tendon-cells appear in section as lines, frequently coming off at 

 right angles from the body of the cell. 



