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on the other hand, are formed of very dense connective 

 tissue. 



Tendons, connecting muscles to bones, consist of strong 

 bundles of white connective tissue fibres closely packed 

 together. Flattened branched cells lie between the bundles of 

 fibres. 



FIG. 25. Adipose tissue. 



a, globule of fat lying in a cell ; in, the membrane or layer of cell substance, /, 

 covering the globule ; , nucleus ; f, bundles of connective tissue fibrilUc. 

 Five fat cells are seen. 



Ligaments, connecting bones to bones, consist also of 

 fibrous connective tissue, but contain in addition a large number 

 of elastic fibres. Some ligaments consist almost entirely of 

 clastic fibres, and are yellow in colour. This is especially the 



