278 MUSCLE-TISSUE. 



observed a direct connection of the bioplasson of the motor hill with the 

 adjacent sarcous elements by many delicate grayish filaments of bioplasson 

 Thus, it becomes intelligible that the influence of the motor nerve may be 

 transmitted to a number of sarcous elements, from which it may spread 

 toward the points of the fiber and produce contraction. 



As a result of these investigations, I am led to the conclusion that the striated 

 muscle of the lobster is constructed on the same plan as the striated muscles of the 

 highly developed mammals. It is a formation of living matter of a reticular 

 structure, the points of intersection being the sarcous elements, the means of 

 connection being delicate filaments extending in a longitudinal and transverse 

 direction. 



