Chap. IV.] 



ENDOTHELIUM. 



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are more or less polygonal, or slightly elongated. Their 

 outlines vary ; in the lining of the lymph sacs of the 

 frog they are much larger, and of very sinuous out- 

 line ; while those of the posterior surface of the cornea 



Fig. 19. Omentum of Babbit, stained witli Nitrate of Silver, 

 a, Ordinary flat endothelial cells ; 6, germinating cells. (Atlas.) 



are very regular, pentagonal, or hexagonal, having 

 straight outlines in the perfectly normal and well-pre- 

 served condition, but serrated and sinuous after they 

 have been prepared with various reagents and in the 

 abnormal state ; the endothelial plates lining the blood- 

 vessels and lymphatic vessels (Fig. 18) are narrow and 

 elongated, with more or less sinuous outlines In the 

 lymphatic capillaries the endothelial plates are poly- 

 gonal, but their outline serrated. 



32. As a rule the endothelial cells are flattened. 



