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cartilage-, not tendon-, cells (fig. 65). They are rounded or bluntly 

 angular and surrounded by a concentrically striated area of clear 





FIG. 64. SECTION OF PART OF THE CARTI- 

 LAGE OF THE EPIGLOTTIS. (Ranvier.) 

 a, cartilage cell in clear area ; b, granular-looking 



FIG. (5o. SECTION OF THE ELASTIC CARTI- matrix near the middle of the cartilage, the 

 LAGE OF THE EAR. (Hertwig.) (Highly granular appearance being due partly to the 

 magnified.) nne reticulum of elastic fibres, partly to the 



presence of granules of elastic substance in the 

 matrix ; c, clearer matrix with longer fibres. 



cartilage-matrix. In some parts of the intervertebral disk many of the 



FIG. 65. WHITE FIBHO-CARTILAGE FROM AN INTERVERTEBRAL DISK, HUMAN. 

 (Highly magnified.) 



The concentric lines around the cells indicate the limits of deposit of successive capsules. 

 One of the cells has a forked process which extends beyond the hyaline area surround- 

 ing the cell, amongst the fibres of the general matrix. 



cells are branched, and may be looked upon as transitional forms to 

 connective-tissue corpuscles. 



