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 myofibrilhe ni.-iy be seen indistinctly here. The internodal segment is dis- 

 tinctly fibrillated and the myofibrillfe are stained red. The connective tissue 

 is condensed in the i-egion of the contraction node (c. f.). Zenlcer's fluid. 

 Mallory's anilin-blue connective tissue stain, x I'^'O^- 



Fig. 34. Portion of the media of contracted carotid of ox, showing a 

 contracted fiber and a portion of an \uicontracted fiber (a) — c. n., contraction 

 node; i. s., internodal segment; f. mf., fine myofibrillae; c. f., collagenous 

 fibers ; e. f.. elastic fibers. Zenljer's fluid. Mallory's anilin-blue connec-tive 

 tissue stain, x ''»50. 



