Quain's elements of anatomy . dinous attachment to the other, but endswith a rounded extremity, invested with itssarcolemma, and cohering with neighbouriugfibres. Unless when either is fixed to atendon, both extremities of the fibre termi-nate in the way described, so that it has along cylindrical shape. In some muscles, sartorius, filues have been measuredv/hicli are much longer than the dimensionabove given. Generally speakiug the fibres neither di-vide nor anastomose ; but this rule is notwithout excei^tion. In the tongue of the fiog-the muscular fibres (fig. 114) as they ap-proach
Quain's elements of anatomy . dinous attachment to the other, but endswith a rounded extremity, invested with itssarcolemma, and cohering with neighbouriugfibres. Unless when either is fixed to atendon, both extremities of the fibre termi-nate in the way described, so that it has along cylindrical shape. In some muscles, sartorius, filues have been measuredv/hicli are much longer than the dimensionabove given. Generally speakiug the fibres neither di-vide nor anastomose ; but this rule is notwithout excei^tion. In the tongue of the fiog-the muscular fibres (fig. 114) as they ap-proach the surface divide into numerousbranches, by Avhich they are attached to theunder smf ace of the mucous membrane. Thesame thing has also been seen in the tongueof man and various animals : and the fibres ofthe facial muscles of mammals dividein a similar manner where they fix them-selves to the skin (Busk and Huxley). Fig. 115.—Muscular fibre of fish. Sub-stance OF FIBRE RUPTURED SO AS TO EXHIBIT SARCOLEMMA. (After Bowman.). Fig. 115.
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