. The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals. Horses; Veterinary anatomy. 234 THE MUSCLES. The muscular fibres which are continued by the fibrous fasciculi may be divergent or parallel. In the first case—the diaphragm, for example—the con- nective fibres run in the same direction as the muscular fibres. In the second case several arrangements may be observed : 1. Tendons may pass in the same direction as the muscular fibres. This is the most simple manner (Fig. 152, A). Fig. 150.' Fig. PRIMITIVE MUSCULAR FIBRE FROM THE FOOT OF I HE LUCANUS STAG-BEETLE —A COMPLICATED CONTRACTILE


. The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals. Horses; Veterinary anatomy. 234 THE MUSCLES. The muscular fibres which are continued by the fibrous fasciculi may be divergent or parallel. In the first case—the diaphragm, for example—the con- nective fibres run in the same direction as the muscular fibres. In the second case several arrangements may be observed : 1. Tendons may pass in the same direction as the muscular fibres. This is the most simple manner (Fig. 152, A). Fig. 150.' Fig. PRIMITIVE MUSCULAR FIBRE FROM THE FOOT OF I HE LUCANUS STAG-BEETLE —A COMPLICATED CONTRACTILE SKGMENT, MADE TENSI-: BV THE INTERSTITIAL INJECTION OF STRONG ALCOHOL. N, Muscular nucleus ; S, sarcolem- ma; SM, limits of a contractile segment of muscular substance ; DE, limits of a thick disc system enclosing discs; Ep, principal thick disc ; Ea, Ea, thick acces- sory discs; Bi, intervening bright bands of the thick discs; BC, limits of the system of the bright band containing—Mp, the thin principal disc, and Ma, Ma, the two thin accessory discs ; /, /, /, lines of longitudinal striation indicating the limits of the fibrillar Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chauveau, A. (Auguste), 1827-1917; Arloing, S. (Saturnin), 1846-1911; Fleming, George, 1833-1901. New York : Appleton


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