Lessons in elementary physiologyMacmillan & Company, 1873 - 319 pages |
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... appear at first sight to be extremely varied . We speak of natural death by old age , or by some of the endless forms of dis- ease ; of violent death by starvation , or by the innumer- able varieties of injury , or poison . But , in ...
... appear at first sight to be extremely varied . We speak of natural death by old age , or by some of the endless forms of dis- ease ; of violent death by starvation , or by the innumer- able varieties of injury , or poison . But , in ...
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... appear pale and pinched . Under these circumstances , in fact , the supply of blood to the skin is greatly diminished , in con- sequence of an excessive stimulation of the nerves of the small arteries , which causes them to contract and ...
... appear pale and pinched . Under these circumstances , in fact , the supply of blood to the skin is greatly diminished , in con- sequence of an excessive stimulation of the nerves of the small arteries , which causes them to contract and ...
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... appear of a pale reddish colour , and quite clear and homogeneous . But on viewing it with even a pocket lens its apparent homogeneity will disappear , and it will look like a mixture of excessively fine yellowish - red 58 [ LESS ...
... appear of a pale reddish colour , and quite clear and homogeneous . But on viewing it with even a pocket lens its apparent homogeneity will disappear , and it will look like a mixture of excessively fine yellowish - red 58 [ LESS ...
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... appear to be scattered very evenly through the fluid , but by degrees they aggregate into minute patches , and the layer of blood becomes more or less spotty . The " particles " are what are termed the corpuscles of the blood ; the ...
... appear to be scattered very evenly through the fluid , but by degrees they aggregate into minute patches , and the layer of blood becomes more or less spotty . The " particles " are what are termed the corpuscles of the blood ; the ...
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... appear- ance may be made intelligible by turning a round biscuit or muffin , bodies similar in shape to the red corpuscles ... appears to flatten them . 5. The colourless corpuscles ( Fig . 17 , a a , F. G. K. ) are larger than the red ...
... appear- ance may be made intelligible by turning a round biscuit or muffin , bodies similar in shape to the red corpuscles ... appears to flatten them . 5. The colourless corpuscles ( Fig . 17 , a a , F. G. K. ) are larger than the red ...
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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 lacunæ 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 papillæ 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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