Cellular

(sel'lu-lăr.) [From L. cel lula, a small larder.] Containing, or consisting of, small cells or cavities.C. Beam. (Mach.) An application of wrought iron in girders and beams, in which plates of that metal are riveted with angle-irons, in the form of longitudinal cells with here and there cro struts.- C. Membrane. (Anat.) A membrane formed of cellular or areolar ti ue;sometimes applied to the ti ue itself.- C. System. (Anat.) The cellular or areolar ti ue of the human body in general. -C. Ti ue. (Anat.) A white fibrous ti ue generally diffused throughout the bodies of vertebrate animals. It consists chiefly of gelatine, fills up the spaces between the different organs, and forms part of most of them;-called also areolar, reticular, and connecctive ti ue. (Bot.) See BOTANY. [s. 157]