HUMAN SUPRARENAL CAPSULE. 



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HUMAN SUPRARENAL CAPSULE. (Figs. 100 and 101.) 



SECTION OF A SINGLE LEAFLET, CUT TRANSVERSELY TO THE CEN- 

 TRAL VEINS. STAINED WITH H^MA. AND EOSLN; MOUNTED IK 

 DAMMAR. 



OBSERVE: 

 (L.) 



1. Section of arterial twigs on the border of the leaflet. 



2. The convergence of the parenchyma toward the centre. 



FIG. 100. VERTICAL SECTION OF A SINGLE LEAFLET OF THE SUPRA-RENAL CAPSULE. 

 Stained with Haema. and Eosin. X 60. 



A. Fibrous tissues surrounding and connecting the leaflets. 



B. The outer portion, consisting of small compartments the so-called cortex. 



C. The central, elongated cell-compartments medulla. 



D. Large thin- walled central veins. 



E. Arteries ramifying in the outer fibrous tissue which supply the parenchyma. 



3. The large and thin-walled central veins. 



4. The small size of the parenchymatous areas on the outer 

 borders and their elongation within. 



