CONNECTIVE TISSUES 



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mesodermic cells, according to Studnida,* by fusion with each 

 other finally form a syncytial tissue, in which there promptly 

 occurs a differentiation of the cytoplasm with the formation of an 

 endoplasm and an exoplasm, and within the latter the fine fibrils 



FIG. 34. ABEOLAK CONNECTIVE TISSUE OF THE MATURE TYPE, FROM THE REGION OF THE 



KIDNEY OF MAN. 



a, fat cells, the one at a' is so cut as to show the surface of the spheroidal cell (the 

 fat has been removed) ; 6, connective tissue cells of the lamellar type ; c, coarse bundle 

 of white fibres ; d, elastic fibres, most of them very obliquely cut. Hematein, picrc-acid 

 fuohsin, and Weigert's elastic tissue stain, x 750. 



soon make their appearance. This process progresses, new ground 

 substance and fibres being constantly formed at the expense of 

 the endoplasm, until finally the latter again forms isolated cells. 



* Anat. Anz., 1903. 



