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out entire, it would be a complete mould of all the organs. 
It surrounds the bones, muscles, blood-vessels, nerves, and 
glands, and is the substance 
of the ligaments, tendons, 
“ true skin,” mucous mem¬ 
brane, etc. It varies in 
character, being soft, ten¬ 
der, and elastic, or dense, 
tough, and generally un¬ 
yielding. In the former 
state, it consists of innu¬ 
merable fine white and yel¬ 
low fibres, which interlace 
in all directions, leaving 
irregular spaces, and form¬ 
ing a loose, spongy, moist 
Fig. 3.—Connective Tissue, showing areolar 
structure, X 25. 
web. In the latter, the fibres 
Fig. 4 —Connective Tissue from human peritoneum; highly magnified; o, blood¬ 
vessel. 
