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Fig. 4. b. Tendon of Tensor tympani muscle, with a single muscular fibre. 
Fig. 5. Heart (human), composed of distinct fibres, with a few circular striae. 
PLATE XIX. 
Fig. 1. Muscular fibre taken from the human oesophagus, about three inches below 
the pharynx, showing the two structures of animal and organic life com- 
bined. 
Fig. 2. Middle coat of an artery. 
Fig. 3. Foetal fibre of animal life, magnified 300 times, linear. 
Fig. 4. Ligamentum nuchae of the Sheep. 
Fig. 5. A fibre of animal life torn longitudinally, exhibiting the separations of the 
dark striae, the serrated margins being due to the elevations of the light 
striae. 
Fig. 6. Middle coat of an artery. 
