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THE DUCTLESS GLANDS. 



tissue but includes many elastic and muscle fibres. From its deep surface, more especially at the 

 hilum, strong trabeculae pass into the organ to support the blood-vessels and nerves. 





Hilum 



Pancreatic impression 



Intermediate angle Posterior angle 



FIG. 1063. THE SPLEEN VISCERAL ASPECT. 



The pulp is a spongework of fine fibres covered, at places entirely concealed, by branched 

 connective-tissue corpuscles, reticulum cells. Associated with these, occupying some of the 



Central blood-space 



Capillaries- - 



*% Capillaries 



"Capillari 



Central blood-space 

 FIG. 1064. SECTION THROUGH GLOMUS COCCYGEUM (highly magnified). From J. W. Thomson Walker. 



smaller spaces of the spongework, are cells like very large leucocytes, spleen phagocytes. These 

 are amoeboid and often contain the debris of red blood corpuscles. 



