THE CONNECTIVE TISSUES. 



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some distance between the fibres of the intercellular substance, 

 and giving the whole tissue a character closely resembling that of 



Fig. 52. 



Fibrocartilage. Section from human intervertebral disk. (Schkfer.) The cell to the left 

 presents a branching process extending into the intercellular substance. 



white fibrous tissue. The cells are, however, more cytoplasmic 

 than those of ordinary fibrous tissue. 



3. Elastic Cartilage (Figs. 53 and 60). — This form of cartilage 



Fig. 53. 



Elastic cartilage. Section from cartilage of human external ear. (Bohm and Davidoff.) 

 a, cartilage-cell; b, c, network of elastic fibres in the intercellular substance; b, with large 

 meshes ; c, fine-meshed. Opposite a is a cell showing indications of a division of the 

 cyptoplasm following division of the nucleus. 



is found in the epiglottis, the cornicula of the larynx, the ear, and 

 the Eustachian tube. The coarseness of the anastomosing fibrous 

 network of the matrix varies in different situations and in different 



