878 DEVELOPMENT [CH. LIX. 



partly from certain special cells of the sympathetic ganglia, called 

 chromofine cells, on account of the yellow colour they acquire when 

 hardened with chromic salts. The chromofine cells form the 

 medullary parts of the suprarenal bodies, and the cortex is de- 

 veloped from buds of mesoblastic cells separated from the peri- 

 toneum on the inner sides of the germinal ridges. 



