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... continuous with the cells which form the only coat of the capillaries ( Fig . 3 B , a ) . Outside this , separated from it by a thin but strong membrane ( shown as a mere line at Fig . 3 B , b ) , comes the muscular coat of the kind ...
... continuous with the cells which form the only coat of the capillaries ( Fig . 3 B , a ) . Outside this , separated from it by a thin but strong membrane ( shown as a mere line at Fig . 3 B , b ) , comes the muscular coat of the kind ...
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... continuous with the capillaries of an organ , like an artery . 8. The heart ( Figs . 8 and 10 ) , to which all the vessels in the body have now been directly or indirectly traced , is an organ , the size of which is usually roughly ...
... continuous with the capillaries of an organ , like an artery . 8. The heart ( Figs . 8 and 10 ) , to which all the vessels in the body have now been directly or indirectly traced , is an organ , the size of which is usually roughly ...
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... continuous with it . Therefore , when the auricles contract , little or none of the fluid which they contain will flow back into the veins ; all the contents or nearly so will pass into and distend the ventricles . As the ventricles ...
... continuous with it . Therefore , when the auricles contract , little or none of the fluid which they contain will flow back into the veins ; all the contents or nearly so will pass into and distend the ventricles . As the ventricles ...
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... continuous flow . If a syringe ( or one of the elastic bottles now so frequently in use ) be fastened to one end of a long glass tube , and water be pumped through the tube , it will flow from the far end in jerks , corresponding to the ...
... continuous flow . If a syringe ( or one of the elastic bottles now so frequently in use ) be fastened to one end of a long glass tube , and water be pumped through the tube , it will flow from the far end in jerks , corresponding to the ...
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... continuous stream . The whole force of each blow of the heart is not at once spent in driving a quantity of blood through the capillaries ; a part only is thus spent , the rest goes to distend the elastic arteries . But during the ...
... continuous stream . The whole force of each blow of the heart is not at once spent in driving a quantity of blood through the capillaries ; a part only is thus spent , the rest goes to distend the elastic arteries . But during the ...
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