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THE MICROSCOPE. 



employed in those parts subservient to the organs of loco- 

 motion. 



The white fibrous tissue is (when perfectly cleared of 

 the areolar) of a silvery lustre, and composed of bundles 

 of fibres running, for the most part, in a parallel direc- 

 tion ; but if there be more than one 

 plane of fibres they cross or inter- 

 lace with each other. In some 

 specimens it is very difficult to 

 make out the fibres distinctly, 

 except with oblique light; from 

 this circumstance it would appear 

 that this tissue is composed of 

 Fig. 323.-Wti~ contents of a longitudinally striated membrane, 



single fat-cell, separated and wn ich is often found split UD into 

 magnified 250 diameters. . -,, i-,ni_ . 



fibres. Ine white fibrous tissue is 



principally employed in the formation of ligaments and 

 tendons a purpose for which it is admirably fitted on 

 account of its inelasticity : it also enters into the formation 



1 2 



Fig. b24. 



1, White fibrous or non-elastic tissue. 2, Yellow fibrous or elastic tissue 

 taken near a ligament. 



of fibrous membranes, viz. the pericardium, dura mater, 

 periosteum, perichondrium, sclerotic coat of the eye, and 



