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MANUAL OF PHYSIOLOGY. 



trix of intercellular substance, in which the cells are scattered, 

 apparently occupying small cavities. These cells, which are the 



FIG. 32. 



White fibro-cartilage, showing ceils (a) in capsules and fibrillar matrix (ft). (Cadiat.) 



FIG. 33. 



Transverse section of a system of Havers, showing Haversian canal in centre, with 

 bone cells arranged around it in lacuna, which are connected by the delicate canaliculi 

 (Cadiat.) 



remote offspring of those which formed the tissue permanently, 

 preside over its nutrition. 



The intercellular substance, which is quite homogeneous in 



