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CONNECTIVE TISSUE. 



in character, within which is the fat in a fluid form. The tem- 

 perature of the body during life is believed to keep this fat fluid ; 



FIG. 27. Adipose tissue (Leroy ; : a, fibrous tissue ; 6, fat-cells ; c, nucleus of fat-cells ; 

 d, fatty acid crystals in fat-cells. 



but after death, when the temperature falls, the fat becomes 

 solid. Free adipose vesicles would doubtless assume a spheroidal 







4- ^ 



& . 



BfliSl 



Li-' 







Reticulum. 



Nucleus of 

 connec- 

 tive-tissue 

 cell. 



Blood- 



vessel. 



FIG. 28. Eeticular connective tissue from lymph-gland of man ; Brush prepara- 

 tion (Bohrn and Davidoffj. 



shape, but by compression, either of contiguous vesicles or 

 other structures, they assume various shapes, oval or polyhedral. 



