The American journal of the medical sciences . mostly of connective tissue, though theymay contain a considerable amount of muscular tissue. The largerfolds contain bloodvessels of considerable size and frequently largeempty spaces corresponding to lymph-vessels. The entire lumen of the tube is covered by a single layer of highcolumnar ciliated epithelium, under which comes an imperfectly de-veloped propria. All the cells are ciliated, and cilia can be seen in motion several hoursafter death ; they are frequently as loug or longer than the cells them-selves. My statement that the epithelium is
The American journal of the medical sciences . mostly of connective tissue, though theymay contain a considerable amount of muscular tissue. The largerfolds contain bloodvessels of considerable size and frequently largeempty spaces corresponding to lymph-vessels. The entire lumen of the tube is covered by a single layer of highcolumnar ciliated epithelium, under which comes an imperfectly de-veloped propria. All the cells are ciliated, and cilia can be seen in motion several hoursafter death ; they are frequently as loug or longer than the cells them-selves. My statement that the epithelium is disposed in a single layer WILLIAMS, HISTOLOGY OF FALLOPIAX TUBES. 381 is supported by the statements of Henle/ Frommel,^ and Orthraann.^On the other hand, Hennig* and others state that it is composed ofseveral layers of cells ; this statement was evidently made on thestrength of observations made on sections which had been cut obliquely ;for in that case one might readily suppose that the epithelium was com-posed of several layers. Fig. -Ass** ^ —•WIS *i7;-
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