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MOVEMENTS VOICE AND SPEECH. 



Marrow of the Bones. The marrow is found in the medullary cavities of 

 the long bones, filling them completely and moulded to all the irregularities 



of their walls. It is also found filling 

 the cells of the spongy portion. In 

 other words, with the exception of 

 the vascular canals, lacunae and cana- 

 liculi, the marrow fills all the spaces, 

 in the fundamental substance. The 

 cavities of the bones are not lined 

 with a membrane corresponding to 

 the periosteum, and the marrow is 

 applied directly to the bony sub- 

 stance. In the foetus and in very 

 young children the marrow is red 

 and very vascular. In the adult it is 

 yellow in some bones and gray or 

 gelatiniform in others. It contains 



FIG. 161. Transverse section of bone, from the shaft r> pr i-mn rpr>nliav nplle aiirl rmnloi ifVi 



of the human humerus ; magnified 180 diame- Certain peculiar C611S and. nuclei, Wltn 



ters (from a photograph taken at the United arnnrrYhrma. rrmtfpr arlinrusp vpinlp 



States Army Medical Museum). mailer, adipose Vesicles, 



connective tissue, blood-vessels and 



nerves. Eobin has described little bodies, existing both in the form of cells 

 and free nuclei, called medullocells. These are found in greater or less num- 

 ber in the bones at 

 all ages, but they are 

 more abundant in 

 proportion as the 

 amorphous matter 

 and fat-cells are de- 

 ficient. The nuclei are 

 spherical, sometimes 

 with irregular bor- 

 ders, generally with- 

 out nucleoli, finely 

 granular, and -^ 

 to -g-j^-fr of an inch (5 

 to 8 //,) in diameter. 

 They are insoluble in 

 acetic acid. The cells, 

 which are less abun- 

 dant than the free nu- 

 clei, are spherical or 

 slightly polyhedric, 

 contain a few pale granulations, are rendered pale but are not dissolved 

 by acetic acid, and they measure about 3-^5- of an i ncn (15 ft) in diameter. 

 Irregular, nucleated patches, described by Eobin under the name of myelo- 

 plaxes, more abundant in the spongy portions than in the medullary canals, 



FIG. 162. Bone-corpuscles, with their prolongations (Rollett). 



