Elementary anatomy and physiology : for colleges, academies, and other schools elementaryanato00hitc Year: 1869 AND PHYSIOLOGY. 69 159. Structure of Ligaments. Ar- rangement of Liga- ments. Capsular Ligament. Round Ligam ent.—The bones are firmly bound together by ligaments. These are for the most part bands of white glistening fibres, as firm as steel, which are composed of white fibrous tis- sue. They are gen- erally very short, and attached only to the enlarged ex- tremities of the bone. In most of the joints, and es- pecially the gingly- mus, the ligaments are arranged in a cross shape u
Elementary anatomy and physiology : for colleges, academies, and other schools elementaryanato00hitc Year: 1869 AND PHYSIOLOGY. 69 159. Structure of Ligaments. Ar- rangement of Liga- ments. Capsular Ligament. Round Ligam ent.—The bones are firmly bound together by ligaments. These are for the most part bands of white glistening fibres, as firm as steel, which are composed of white fibrous tis- sue. They are gen- erally very short, and attached only to the enlarged ex- tremities of the bone. In most of the joints, and es- pecially the gingly- mus, the ligaments are arranged in a cross shape upon the sides of the bones, so that one bone may glide freely over the extremity of an- other, as one half of a door hinge moves upon its other half. In other in- stances the ligament surrounds the wThole A magnified View of a Vertical section of Cartilage from a new-born Kabbit, showing the progress towards ossification. 1, The Ordinary appearance of Tempo- rary Cartilage. V, The same, more highly magnified. 2, The Primary Cells beginning to assume the linear direction. 2', The same, more highly magnified. 3j The Ossification is extending in the intercellular spaces, and the rows of cells are seen resting in the cavities so formed, the Nuclei being more separ- ated than above. 3', The same, magnified more highly.
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