330 GENERAL ANATOMY. 



gina, and some tumours projecting under the skin; polypi and 

 tumours, whose white, compact, soft and tenacious tissue, 

 differs from the fibrous tissue, but bears more resemblance to 

 it than to any other. 



These varieties of accidental white tissue have somewhat a 

 slight resemblance to morbid productions by their tendency 

 to spread and to reappear. 



510. The inflammation of the ligamentous tissue is little 

 known, but is not of very rare occurrence. 



It most frequently terminates by resolution, often also by 

 the production of a plastic or organizable matter, which is 

 sometimes absorbed, and at others gives rise to accidental ossi- 

 fication. Chronic inflammation softens this tissue, causes it to 

 lose its tenacity, and sometimes also gives rise to its ossification. 



Some fungus of the dura mater contain polypi of the nasal 

 fossae, and posterior parts of the nostrils, certain epulies, some 

 tumours of the periosteum, are morbid productions or cancer- 

 ous degenerations of the ligamentous tissue. 



SECTION II. 



OF THE LIGAMENTOUS ORGANS IN PARTICULAR. 



511. Overlooking for the present the h'bro-cartilaginous 

 tissue, the fibrous organs may be divided into those which 

 bind the bones with each other, those which attach the mus- 

 cles to the bones, and those which form envelopes. 



ARTICLE I. 

 OF THE LIGAMENTS. 



512. The ligaments,* ligamenta nervi colligantes, 

 cvfisor/toi, are the fibres which connect the bones and cartilages 

 with each other. 



* Jos. Wcitbrecht, syndesmobgia site hialoria ligament, corp. hum, &c. 

 cum Jiguris, 4to. Petropol. 1742. 



