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ANATOMY. 



THE INTEGUMENTS. 



Outside the fascia, but connected with it, is a layer, or two, of loose 

 web-like areolar tissue, containing in its meshes more or less fat ; and 

 outside this, again, and connected with it, is the integument or skin, 



Fig 7. 



Fig. 6. A superficial dissected view of the left arm the skin, and subcutaneous fat and areolar tissue 

 having been removed. It shows the fascia, or membrane, which invests the muscles and their tendons ; 

 it also displays the superficial, or subcutaneous, veins 1, 1 and nerves, the former being shaded, and the 

 latter left as white cords. (After Bourgery.) 



Fig. 7. A deep dissected view of the left upper limb, the fascia having been removed, and some of the 

 muscleB taken away, so as to show the main arteries of the limb (here shaded with cross lines), 1, and 

 the deep-seated nerves (left as white cords), 2, 3, 4. (After Quain.) 



which is thus held down to the fascia. The areolar tissue and the fat 

 are both called subcutaneous (sub, under, cutis, the skin). Together 

 with the skin itself, they round off, fill up, and finish the contours of 

 the whole surface of the body. 



