Muscle Fibers In Meat

In bundles.

In fibrils.

Longitudinal section.

Transverse section.

(Reproduced from Maria Parloa's "Home Economics," by permission of The Century Co).

Compare Structure of Muscle Fibers with Plant Structure, p. 75.

See arrangement of muscles in animals, pp. 90 and 93.

Cut meat lengthwise and crosswise.

Decide which is tougher as eaten.

Note location of fat in fiber above.

Note Fat-Globules in Milk, p. 114.

Fat-Globules

Fat cells.

Fat emulsified.

a, young cells beginning to store fat b, old cell filled with fat.

Fat is broken up thus into finely divided particles as it is digested (After Conn and Buddington).