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THE HUMAN BODY. 



the cells only, but these lay down around them more and 

 intercellular substance, until at last it forms the main bulk 



FIG. 7. A thin slice of cartilage highly magnified. 



of the cartilage, and gives this the elasticity and flexibility 

 for which it is used in the body. 



Connective Tissue occurs partly in the form of stout 

 cords ligaments which bind different bones together ; 

 or which, called lendons, attach muscles to bones. It 

 also supplements the coarser bony skeleton by a finer 

 one, which extends as a fine network through all the soft 

 parts of the body, making a sort of microscopic skeleton 



What is a ligament? A tendon? Of what are ligaments and 

 tendons composed? Where else do we find connective tissue? 



