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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 707 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EPITOME .See also:

EPODE so that See also:movement over the See also:surface is greatly facilitated. Thus the abdominal See also:organs can glide easily over one another within the peritoneal cavity; the See also:blood or See also:lymph experiences the least amount of See also:friction; or again the friction is reduced to a minimum between a tendon and its sheath or in the See also:joint cavities. The cells forming these membranes also possess further physiological properties. Thus it is most probable that they See also:play an active See also:part in the blood FIG. 13. — Endothelial capillaries in transmitting substances Cells from the Interior of from the blood into the See also:tissue spaces an Artery. or conversely in preventing the passage of materials from blood to tissue space or from tissue space to blood. Hence the fluid of the blood and that of the tissue space need not be of the same chemical See also:composition. (T. G.

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