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lie,  and  these  opening  into  others  by  their  offsets  there  is
formed  a  set  of  minute  tubes  ramifying  through  the  con-
nective tissues ;  and  (since  these  in  turn  permeate  nearly  all
the  Body)  pervading  all  the  organs.  In  these  cell-cavities
and  their  branches  the  lymph  flows  before  it  enters  definite
lymphatic  vessels,  and  they  are  accordingly  known  as  lymph


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Fig.  47.— Connective-tissue  corpuscles  :  a,  from  areolar  tissue  ;  6,  from  tendon  ;
c,  wandering  cells.
