Anatomy, physiology and hygiene . B, bone. C, connective tissue. Fig. 27. Transverse Section of a Leg. F, fat (adipose tissue). M, muscles. V, veins. BL, blood-vessels (arteries and veins). Involuntary muscles arecomposed of plain, smoothfibres, not striped, whichcontain nuclei and fibres are contractile,spindle-shaped cells, whichare held together in bun-dles by a cement-like sub-stance. These bundles com-pose larger bundles or flat-tened bands, which are heldtogether by connective tis-sue, and frequently v6 Fig. 28.•tion oi Muscle (magnified 50 di (i,


Anatomy, physiology and hygiene . B, bone. C, connective tissue. Fig. 27. Transverse Section of a Leg. F, fat (adipose tissue). M, muscles. V, veins. BL, blood-vessels (arteries and veins). Involuntary muscles arecomposed of plain, smoothfibres, not striped, whichcontain nuclei and fibres are contractile,spindle-shaped cells, whichare held together in bun-dles by a cement-like sub-stance. These bundles com-pose larger bundles or flat-tened bands, which are heldtogether by connective tis-sue, and frequently v6 Fig. 28.•tion oi Muscle (magnified 50 di (i, fasciculus. (•, oounectiv</, fibre. ameter e * 60 MUSCLES. —FAT. Nerves, blood-vessels, and lymph vessels run betweenand into muscles to stimulate them to activity, to afford


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