THE TRACHEA AND LUNGS 



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FIG. 148. SECTION OF PART OF CAT'S LUNG, STAINED WITH NITRATE OF SILVER. 



(Highly magnified.) 



The small granular and the large flattened cells of the alveoli are shown. In the middle is a 

 section of a lobular bronchial tube, with a patch of the granular pavement -epithelium 

 cells on one side. 



a 



FIG. 149. SECTION OF INJECTED LUNO, INCLUDING SEVERAL CONTIGUOUS ALVEOLI. 



(Highly magnified.) 



, a, free edges of alveoli ; c, c, partitions between neighbouring alveoli, seen in section ; 

 6, small arterial branch giving off capillaries to the alveoli. The looping of the vessels to 

 either side of the partitions is well exhibited. Between the capillaries is seen the homo- 

 geneous alveolar wall with nuclei of connective-tissue corpuscles, and elastic fibres. 



