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THE MUSCULAK TISSUES 



penetrate between the individual fibres of the cardiac muscle and 

 between the smaller fibre bundles of smooth muscle. 



The TENDONS of the striated muscles consist of parallel bands 

 of dense white fibrous tissue, between whose bundles are found 

 rows of flattened connective tissue cells, which are frequently 

 much enlarged and have a peculiar oblong shape. 



At the junction of the tendon with muscle each small bundle 

 of tendon fibres becomes continuous with the sarcolemma of a 

 muscle cell, the end of the tendon bundle being concave to receive 

 the rounded end of the muscle fibre. At this end of the cell the 

 muscle nuclei are especially abundant. 



Table showing the more important differential characteristics 

 of the several varieties of muscle cells. 



