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MOVEMENTS. 



It is impossible to give any accurate measurements of the 

 cells, on account of their great variability in size. The 

 length of the nuclei is from -g-gVo" to ^-^Vo- f an inch, and 

 their diameter, from -g^Vo" to ^Vo of an inch. 1 The appear- 

 ance of the connective tissue, with a few cells and nuclei, is 

 represented in Fig. 1Y. 



FIG. 17. 



Loose net-work of connective tissue from the liaraan subject, showing the fibres and 

 cells, a, a, a capillary blood-vessel. (ROLLETT, in STBICKER, Handbuch der Lehre 

 von den Geweben, Leipzig, 1868, S. 57.) 



Between the muscles, and in the substance of the mus- 

 cles between the bundles of fibres, there always exists a 

 greater or less quantity of adipose tissue in the meshes of 

 the fibrous structure. 



Blood-vessels and Lymphatics. The muscles are abun- 

 dantly supplied with blood-vessels, generally by a number 

 of small arteries, with two satellite veins. The capillary ar- 



1 ROBIN, loc. cit. 



