INFLAMMATION. 



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result of chronic inflammation. The lowest types of tissues 

 1. e., those passive in function, are most easily and most fre- 

 quently regenerated, e. g., connective tissue. 'Surface epithe- 

 lium is frequently regenerated— muscular and nervous tissue- 



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.' K,-. 100. — Clirnnic Hepatitis, sh-'win^ intialobural iibruus formation, whicli results 

 in tiypertropliic cirrliosis. 



are rarely regenerated. The age of the individual is an im- 

 portant factor in the regeneration of injured tissues. Tissues 

 in 3'oung animals regenerate more readily than like tissues in 

 old animals. 



The origin or source of tlie cells tliat regenerate connective 



