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tissue, and produced by modification of its cells, is adipose or fatty 

 itssue (Fig. 15), which consists of masses of large cells in which the 

 protoplasm has more or less completely become replaced by fat, 



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Fig. 13.— Gelatinous connective tissue of a Jelly-fish ; e, epithelium ; g, gelatinous matrix 

 b 2 , branching cells ; ef, elastic fibres. (From Lang's Comparative Anatomy.) 



the cells being bound together into groups and masses or lobules 

 by means of fibrous connective tissue. 



In the case of cartilage the matrix is of a firm but elastic 



Via. 14. — Reticular connective tissue. (From Lang.) 



character, sometimes quite homogeneous in appearance (hyaline 

 cartilage, Fig. 16), sometimes permeated by systems of fibres (fibro- 

 cartilage, Fig. 17), which may be of an elastic nature (yellow elastic 



