YELLOW FIBROUS TISSUE, 
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examined with a power of 500 diameters, the striae, as 
shown by c, do not extend across the entire diameter of 
the fibre, but appear to be principally confined to its 
centre. The ligament from which this specimen was 
taken was 6 feet 2 inches in length before it was 
FIG, 103 , 
A. B C D 
a, yellow elastic fibres from the ligamentum nuchae of the Sheep, b, 
yellow fibres from the ligamentum nuchae of the Giraffe . c, one of the same 
magnified 500 diameters, d, vessels of the ligamentum nuchae of a young 
Calf. 
separated from its attachments ; when detached, how- 
ever, it immediately contracted to 4 feet, or about one- 
third of its original length : it even now possesses some 
degree of elasticity, hut the power must be enormous 
to stretch it even one foot. The weight of the entire 
