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that these connecting lateral processes of the odontoblasts 

 become sometimes involved in the calcification and persist 





FIG. 123. Human molar. Transverse anastomosing 

 branches of dentinal tubes. ( x 350. 



FIG. 124. Termination of tubes within the dentine, (x 350.) 



as horizontal tubes in the matrix. These transverse tubes 

 within the dentine are, however, very rarely met with, and 

 the author has only found them in the instances above 

 mentioned. 



