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PSYCHOBIOLOGY 



When the cells of connective tissue become charged with fat globules, it 

 is known as fat or adipose tissue [Fig. 14]. 



Fig. 14. Adipose sub-cutaneous tissue from dog. Magnified 200 diameters. (Ran- 

 vier, Histologic.) a, fat droplets; p, protoplasm; m, cell-membrane; «, nucleus. 



Tendons, which connect muscles to bones, are dense strips of con- 

 nective tissue with parallel fibers [Fig. 15]. The tendon as a whole is 



Fig. 15. Longitudinal section of tendon of frog. Magnified 250 diameters. 

 (Bailey, Histology.) Rows of nuclei of tendon-cells are shown flattened between the 

 fibers. 



enclosed in a sheath of looser connective tissue, and the smaller bundles 



