Adenoid or retiform tissue consists of a very delicate network of minute fibrils, formed originally by the union of processes of branched connective-tissue corpuscles, the nuclei of which, however, are visible only during the early periods of development of the tissue. Shown is part of a section of a lymphatic gland from which the corpuscles have been for the most part removed, showing the adenoid reticulumn.

Section of the Lymphatic Gland Showing the Adenoid Reticulumn

Adenoid or retiform tissue consists of a very delicate network of minute fibrils, formed originally…