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Fig. 14. Hyaline cartilage. 



a group of four cartilage cells, 

 c a cell. n nucleus, 



m matrix. 



Fig. 15. Fibrocartilage. 



c cartilage cells surrounded by 



hyaline matrix (m). 

 / fibrous tissue. 



19. Bone is more solid than the other tissues. It is 

 penetrated throughout by minute canals, called Haver- 

 sian canals, containing blood vessels (Fig. 16). The final 



Fig. 16. Cross section of bone. 



a lacunae, spaces in living bone occupied by bone cells. 

 & Haversian canal. 



