62 OF THE CELLULAR SYSTEM. 



/?. Very much so, in order to protect the distending 

 viscera of that cavity. 



Q. Where is the cellular texture of the superior and 

 inferior extremities principally found? 



*#. Around the scapulo-humeral, and the ilio-femoral 

 articulations. 



Q. What physiological reason is there for the diminish- 

 ing quantity of cellular texture towards the extremities? 



/?. That the positive operations of the hands and feet 

 might not be encumbered by it. 



Q. What is particularly interesting in the cellular tex- 

 ture of the different cavities? 



A. The communications through the several openings 

 above mentioned, through which inflammation, and serous 

 and other infiltrations are extended. 



Q. On what does corpulency depend ? 



#. On a preternatural distention of the cells of this tex- 

 ture. 



Q. Are these cells increased in size as they are full or 

 empty ? 



#. They enlarge to accommodate the fat and serum ex- 

 haled. 



OF THE FORMS OF THE CELLULAR SYSTEM AND OF THE 

 FLUIDS IT CONTAINS. 



Q. What is the figure of the cells of this texture? 



#. There is no uniformity in this respect. 



Q. What proves a universal communication of these 

 cells? 



tf. Such phenomena as these j the extension of emphy- 

 sema; the emptying of a hydropic limb from one or two 



