Elements of animal physiology, chiefly human . ,formerly occupied by the cartilage cells, the whole of the sur-rounding cartilage having been invaded by the earthy salts duringossification, except the immediate neighbourhood of the nuclei ofthe cells. Their irregular outline gives them a peculiar strag-gling spider-like form. The canaliculi are exceedingly minute canals or tubes whichpass off and through the various lacunce, appealing to radiate fromthe Haversian canal and connect it with the various lamellcewhich surround it. They doubtless distribute the nutrimentcontained in the liquor sang
Elements of animal physiology, chiefly human . ,formerly occupied by the cartilage cells, the whole of the sur-rounding cartilage having been invaded by the earthy salts duringossification, except the immediate neighbourhood of the nuclei ofthe cells. Their irregular outline gives them a peculiar strag-gling spider-like form. The canaliculi are exceedingly minute canals or tubes whichpass off and through the various lacunce, appealing to radiate fromthe Haversian canal and connect it with the various lamellcewhich surround it. They doubtless distribute the nutrimentcontained in the liquor sanguinis through the bone. (See fig. 28.) 438. The Enamel, which forms tlie surface of the DENTINE. 67 crow7i or exposed parts of the teeth, is the hardest, mostcompact, and most mineral or earthy tissue in the body;it contains about 98 per cent, of earthy, and only about2 per cent, of animal matter. It consists of minute, striated, hexagonal rods, prismSf Prisma or Fibres of Enamel separatedby the action of acid. Hexagonal ends ofEnamel
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