STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE TISSUES. 



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with their respective average diameters in parts of an inch. They 

 are arranged nearly in the order of their complexity of organization. 



Granules of the chyle, 



Corpuscles of the chyle and lymph, . 

 " of the blood, white, . 



red, 



Epithelial cells of peritonaeum squamous, 

 mouth ditto, 



intestines columnar (length), 

 trachea ciliated (length), 



Cilia (length), 



Epidermic cells, 



Pigment cells of eyeball hexagonal, 

 " granules, .... 



Fat cells, 



Nuclei of cartilage cells, 



Canals of Havers in bone (medium size). 



(extremes) 



Lacunae or bone corpuscles (width), . 

 (length), . 



Canaliculi of bone (width), 

 Connective fibres, .... 



Elastic fibres, 



Unstriped muscular fibres, 

 Striped muscular fibres (male), . 

 (female), 



Filaments of these fibres, 

 Ganglionic corpuscles of brain, . 

 Gray nerve fibres, .... 

 White tubular nerve fibres (medium), 

 (extreme), 



Terminal non-medullated nerve fibres, 

 Capillaries, large, in bones, 



small, in lungs, . . 

 Lymphatics of skin, .... 



Average size in parts of an inch. 

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KED BLOOD CORPUSCLES IN ANIMALS. 

 Mammalia. 



Elephant, 



Sloth, 



(Human corpuscles, 350 <j.) 



Ape, 



Dog, 



Wolf, . 



Ox, 



Cat, 



Horse, 



Deer, 



Sheep, 



Goat, 



Musk Deer, 



Birds. 



Various species (length), . 



Various species (length), 



