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ELEMENTS OF HISTOLOGY. [Chap. XLIII. 



instances Baber found the 



Fig. 168. From a Vertical Section through 

 the Suprarenal Body of Man. 



1, Cortical substance : 2, medullary part ; a, outer 

 capsule ; 6, zona glomerulosa ; c, zona fascicu- 

 lata; d, zona reticularis ; e, medulla ; /, a large 

 vein. (Elberth, in Strieker's Manual.) 



glomerulosa ; it contains 



amount of blood effused 

 into the cavity of 

 the vesicles very 

 considerable, and 

 hence it is justifi- 

 able to assume that 

 the destruction of 

 red blood-corpus- 

 cles forms one of 

 the functions of the 

 thyroid gland. 



500. III. The 

 s 11 p r ar enal 

 bodies (Fig. 168). 

 The suprarenal 

 body is enveloped 

 in a fibrous cap- 

 sule ; in connection 

 with this are septa 

 and trabeculse pass- 

 ing inwards, and 

 they are arranged 

 differently in the 

 cortex and in the 

 medulla of the 

 gland, as will be 

 seen presently. 



The cortex of 

 the gland consists 

 of an outer, mid- 

 dle, and inner 

 zone, all three be- 

 ing directly con- 

 tinuous with one 

 another. The outer 

 one is the zona 



numerous spherical, or, 



