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The intercellular substance, which is quite homogeneous in com- 

 mon hyaline cartilage, is sometimes modified so as to resemble 



FIG. 30. 



FIG. 31. 



FIG. 30. Section of hyaline cartilage from the end of a growing bone, 

 showing a decrease in the intercellular substance compared with the number 

 of cell elements, which are arranged in rows. 



FIG. 31. Elastic fibro-cartilage, showing cells in capsules and elastic 

 fibres in matrix. (Cadiat.) 



fibrous tissue, sometimes the fibrillar, and sometimes the elastic 

 form being produced. (Figs. 31 and 32.) 



FIG. 82, 



White fibro-cartilage, showing cells (a) in capsules and fibrillar matrix 

 (6). (Cadiat.) 



Bone is probably the most advanced differentiation of the con- 

 nective tissue group. The intercellular^substance is characterized 



