9G LOCOMOTION, [CHAP. iv. 



The circumferential nbro-cartilages contain a considerable pre- 

 dominance of fibrous tissue. 



The non-articular form of nbro-cartilage is found deposited on 

 the surfaces of the grooves in bones, which lodge tendons ; as, for 

 example, the groove for the lodgement of the tibialis posticus. In 

 intimate structure it resembles the articular forms. 



Reparation and Reproduction. Fibro- cartilage heals by a new 

 substance of similar texture. Sometimes the union of bone is 

 effected by a material of this kind, in cases where osseous union 

 cannot be obtained. 



In addition to the works on General Anatomy mentioned at the end of the 

 last chapter, we refer to Miiller's Physiology, by Baly, p. 390 ; the articles 

 Cartilage and Fibro-cartilage, in the Cyclopaedia of Anatomy ; and Mr. 

 Toynbee's paper on Non-vascular Tissues, in Phil. Trans. 1841. 



