Lessons in elementary physiologyMacmillan & Company, 1873 - 319 pages |
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Page viii
... animals afford ample materials . The principal points in the structure and mechanism of the heart , the lungs , the kidneys , or the eye , of man , may be perfectly illustrated by the corresponding parts of a sheep ; while the phenomena ...
... animals afford ample materials . The principal points in the structure and mechanism of the heart , the lungs , the kidneys , or the eye , of man , may be perfectly illustrated by the corresponding parts of a sheep ; while the phenomena ...
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... Animal movements the results of a series of changes usually originated by external impressions . 3. Reflex action . Sensations and consciousness , 4. Subjective sensations . 5. The muscular sense . 6. The higher senses . 7. General plan ...
... Animal movements the results of a series of changes usually originated by external impressions . 3. Reflex action . Sensations and consciousness , 4. Subjective sensations . 5. The muscular sense . 6. The higher senses . 7. General plan ...
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... animals . 3. Suppose a chamber with walls of ice , through which a current of pure ice - cold air passes ; the walls of the chamber will of course remain unmelted . Now , having weighed a healthy living man with great care , let him ...
... animals . 3. Suppose a chamber with walls of ice , through which a current of pure ice - cold air passes ; the walls of the chamber will of course remain unmelted . Now , having weighed a healthy living man with great care , let him ...
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... animal tissues which have become , in a manner , naturally petrified ; and when the salts of lime are extracted , as they may be , by the 1 Such causes are called stimuli . action of acids , a model of the bone in 10 [ LESS . ELEMENTARY ...
... animal tissues which have become , in a manner , naturally petrified ; and when the salts of lime are extracted , as they may be , by the 1 Such causes are called stimuli . action of acids , a model of the bone in 10 [ LESS . ELEMENTARY ...
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... animal matter remains . More than 200 separate bones are ordinarily reckoned in the human body , though the actual number of distinct bones varies at different periods of life , many bones which are separate in youth becoming united ...
... animal matter remains . More than 200 separate bones are ordinarily reckoned in the human body , though the actual number of distinct bones varies at different periods of life , many bones which are separate in youth becoming united ...
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action afferent afferent nerve animal aorta artery arytenoid auricle axis become blood blood-vessels body bone brain called canal capillaries carbonic acid cartilage cavity cells centre coagulation cochlea colour colourless corpuscles connective tissue contains contraction convex delicate diameters duct Edition elastic epidermis epithelium external Fcap fibrin filaments fluid front give rise glands glottis heart Hence hepatic hepatic vein inch intestine irritation kidneys lacunę larynx Latin layer lens Lesson levers ligament liver lungs Magnified matter medulla oblongata minute mouth mucous membrane muscles muscular fibres nerve-fibres nervous nitrogen nucleus optic nerve organ oxygen papillę pass posterior produced proteid pulmonary quantity red corpuscles retina scala media seen sensations sensory separated side skin solid spinal cord spinal nerves substance supplied surface thyroid cartilage tion tongue trunk tube upper valves veins vena cava venous ventricle vessels vibrations vocal chords walls
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