STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN BODY. 



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A portion of cellular tissue, very highly magnified, showing tho 

 strings of globules of which its ultimate fibres are supposed to consist. 



11. The principal varieties of membrane, which are formed 

 by the cellular tissue, are thefadipose, the serous, the mucous, 

 the dermoid, the fibrous, the cartilaginous, and the osseous. 

 The adipose is that tissue which contains the fat which is so 

 disposed as to form distinct bags in which the fat is con- 

 tained. Now it should be recollected, that while the cells of 

 the cellular tissue are continuous over the whole body, each 

 adipose vesicle is a distinct bag, having no communication 

 whatever with any other. While also, the cellular tissue is 

 universally disposed, the adipose is placed only in particular 



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1, A portion of adipose tissue : 2. minute bags containing the fat ; 

 3. a cluster of the bags, separated and suspended. 



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