ELEMENTS OF HISTOLOGY. 



[Chap. V. 



'a, The network of their pro- 

 cesses ; 6, nucleus of the 

 corpuscle. (Atlas.) 



the connective tissue cells are also branched flattened 

 corpuscles, and by their longer 

 or shorter processes are con- 

 nected into a network (Fig. 24). 

 Each cell has a flattened oblong 

 nucleus. As a rule, some of 

 the processes are membranous 

 prolongations coming off under 

 an angle from the body of the 

 / ^ff^Bty&T" ce ^ which is then called the 



a iBv chief plate, the processes being 



the secondary plates. By the 

 latter the cell is wedged in 

 ^u^- o^.. iu between the bundles of the tra- 



Networks of theBranched becula to which it belongs. 



This character of the cells 

 (i.e., possession of secondary 

 plates) is well shown by the 

 cells of the skin and f . 



mucous membranes, J T 



but only in a very 3 ^ 



limited degree by 

 those of the cornea 

 and serous mem- 

 branes, and somewhat 

 better by some of "*)J^j 

 those of the subcuta- 

 neous and other loose 

 connective tissues. 



In the skin and 

 mucous membranes 

 also the cells and 

 their processes are 

 situated in the in- 

 terfascicular spaces. 



41. The connec- 

 tive tissue corpuscles 





Fig. 20. From the Cornea of Kitten, 

 stained with Nitrate of Silver, show- 

 ing the Lymph-canal System. 



a, Tin' lacunas, rach containing tin 1 nucleated 

 cell-body, just indicated liere ; 6. the 

 canaliculi for the cell processes. (Atlas.) 



