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... inch ; they are sometimes disposed in loops , sometimes in long , sometimes in wide , sometimes in narrow meshes ; and the diameters of these meshes , or , in other words , the interspaces between the capillaries , are sometimes hardly ...
... inch ; they are sometimes disposed in loops , sometimes in long , sometimes in wide , sometimes in narrow meshes ; and the diameters of these meshes , or , in other words , the interspaces between the capillaries , are sometimes hardly ...
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... inches of water . The walls of the auricles are much thinner than those of the ventricles . The wall of the left ventricle is much thicker than that of the right ventricle ; but no such difference is perceptible between the two auricles ...
... inches of water . The walls of the auricles are much thinner than those of the ventricles . The wall of the left ventricle is much thicker than that of the right ventricle ; but no such difference is perceptible between the two auricles ...
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... inch of the arterial system may , in fact , be con- sidered as converting a small fraction of the heart's jerk into a steady pressure , and when all these fractions are summed up together in the total length of the arterial system no ...
... inch of the arterial system may , in fact , be con- sidered as converting a small fraction of the heart's jerk into a steady pressure , and when all these fractions are summed up together in the total length of the arterial system no ...
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... inches in a second . Of course to complete the circuit of the circulation , a blood - corpuscle need not have to go through so much as half of an inch of capillaries in either the lungs or any of the tissues of the body . Inasmuch as ...
... inches in a second . Of course to complete the circuit of the circulation , a blood - corpuscle need not have to go through so much as half of an inch of capillaries in either the lungs or any of the tissues of the body . Inasmuch as ...
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... inch square , and that the volume of each corpuscle does not exceed 120000000000th of a cubic inch . The broad faces of the disks are not flat ,. FIG . 17. - RED AND WHITE CORPUSCLES OF THE BLOOD MAGNIFIED . 62 [ LESS . ELEMENTARY ...
... inch square , and that the volume of each corpuscle does not exceed 120000000000th of a cubic inch . The broad faces of the disks are not flat ,. FIG . 17. - RED AND WHITE CORPUSCLES OF THE BLOOD MAGNIFIED . 62 [ LESS . ELEMENTARY ...
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