ZOOLOGY 



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the cells being bound together into groups and masses or lobules 

 by means of fibrous connective tissue. 



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e f k 3 



Fi<: 10. 'ielatinous connective tissue of a Jelly-fish; e, epithelium; <j, gelatinous matrix : 

 60 branching cells ; cf, elastic fibres. (From Lang's Comparative Anatomy.) 



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

 character, sometimes quite homogeneous in appearance (hyaline 



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Fn;. 11.- Keticular ummective tissue. (From Lang.) 



cartilage,Fig. 13), sometimes permeated by systems of fibres (fibro- 

 cartilage, Fig. 14), which may be of an elastic nature (yellow clastic 

 cartilage). The cells are usually rounded, and as ;i rule several 



