. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. A fine granular mass fills the interstices between thenuclei. Henle states that he has occasionally succeededin demonstrating a fine net-work similar to that of thelymphatic glands, but much less distinct. A fibrousnetwork may sometimes be seen passing across fissuresbetween the granules, or projecting beyond the bor-ders of the section. Henle considers this to be elastictissue. The whole of the mucous membrane of the body isbeset with glands which are at some di
. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. A fine granular mass fills the interstices between thenuclei. Henle states that he has occasionally succeededin demonstrating a fine net-work similar to that of thelymphatic glands, but much less distinct. A fibrousnetwork may sometimes be seen passing across fissuresbetween the granules, or projecting beyond the bor-ders of the section. Henle considers this to be elastictissue. The whole of the mucous membrane of the body isbeset with glands which are at some distance apart. Forthe most part the glands are simple and tubular ; some-times they are divided into two or more forks at thebottom ; sometimes the division reaches nearly to themouths of the glands. They may be tortuous, especiallyif the mucous membrane is thick, and sometimes they 567 REFERENCE HANDBOOK OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES. are turned up at the lower end in the form of a shep-herds crook (Fig. 4478). The glands vary considerably in size, but whenever themucous membrane increases in thickness the glands in-. crease in a greater ratiothan the mucous mem-brane, becoming moretortuous the thicker themembrane. In a mucousmembrane of 1 mm. (^Vinch) in thickness thediameter of the glandsamounts to to (sbu to ihu inch).In a mucous membraneof 3| mm. (\ inch) theywould be mm. (7iffinch). Occasionally the open-ing is visible to the nakedeye, and the surface ofthe mucous membranehas a sieve-like appear-ance. Once in a while the glands touch one another,but, as a rule, they are placed at distances of mm. (Tjhr to -,-fy inch) apart; this difference is en-croached upon when the glands are enlarged. Theglands are lined, probably throughout their whole length,with ciliated epithelium which resembles that of thesurface, although it is often not easy to demonstrate the Fig. 44T5.—Superficial Muscular Fibres ofthe Anterior Surface of the Uterus. A,A
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