CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



PAGES 



THE CELL AND THE TISSUES 11-25 



The elementary tissues ; 



The typical cell ; 



Protoplasm arrangement and structure ; 



The nucleus and the nucleolus ; 



The paranucleus ; 



The centrosome and the attraction-spheres ; 



Vital manifestations of the cell ; 



Direct cell-division ; 



Indirect cell-division karyokinesis ; 



Maturation and fecundation of the ovum ; 



Segmentation of the ovum ; 



The tissues cellular and intercellular constituents ; 



The blastodermic layers and their derivatives. 



CHAPTER II. 



THE EPITHELIAL TISSUES 26-34 



Varieties of epithelium ; 

 Squamous epithelium ; 

 Columnar epithelium ; 

 Modified epithelium ; 

 Glandular epithelium ; 

 Neuro-epithelium ; 

 Endothelium ; 



Development of epithelium ; 

 Development of endothelium. 



CHAPTER III. 



THE CONNECTIVE TISSUES 35-57 



Forms of connective tissue ; 



Cellular elements ; 



Intercellular constituents white fibrous and yellow elastic 



tissue ; 



Mucoid tissue ; 

 Tendon ; 

 Elastic tissue ; 



Development of fibrous and elastic tissue ; 

 Adipose tissue ; 

 Hyaline cartilage ; 

 Elastic cartilage ; 

 Fibro-cartilage ; 

 Development of cartilage ; 

 Bone spongy and compact ; 

 Structure of compact bone ; 



