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DETAILED SYNTHESIS. 



cular part. The cords on the back of the hands are 

 examples. 



FIG. 144. 



Fig. 144 represents both Ligaments and Tendons, the former binding 

 the latter in their places. 2, 3, 4, tendons; 5, 6, muscles; 1, finger-bone. 

 The tendons can be noticed extending into and blending with the muscular 

 part. A muscle is said to be composed of its muscular part and its ten- 

 don ; an expression that seems contradictory, but it is not so in intention. 



152. MEMBRANES are of two classes, the dense and 

 open. The only difference consists in the distance of 

 the fibres apart. 



153. IN MEMBRANES THE FIBRES ARE INTERWOVEN 

 in every direction, leaving larger or smaller meshes be- 

 tween them to be occupied with other parts. In some 

 instances the meshes are very few and small, in other 

 cases they are large and numerous. 



FIG. 145. 



Fig. 145 represents 

 one form of membrane 

 woven from White tis- 

 sue in narrow bands, 

 and Yellow Tissue in 

 fibres. A few fat-cells 

 in a row and in a clus- 

 ter are shown. The 

 meshes of different 

 membranes vary very 

 much in form and 

 size. 



154. THE SKIN is composed of an external layer of 

 cellular tissue called cuticle, beneath which it is chiefly 

 composed of Sinewy Tissue, the meshes of which are 



Describe Fig. 144 

 154. What said ? 



152. What said ? 158. How ? Describe Fig. 145. 



