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... delicate appliances of science . Thus , some part of the body of a living man is plainly always in motion . Even in sleep , when the limbs , head , and eyelids may be still , the incessant rise and fall of the chest continue to remind ...
... delicate appliances of science . Thus , some part of the body of a living man is plainly always in motion . Even in sleep , when the limbs , head , and eyelids may be still , the incessant rise and fall of the chest continue to remind ...
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... delicate spring balance , like that used for weighing letters , the scale - pan would descend at every meal , and ascend in the intervals , oscillating to equal distances on each side of the average position , which would never be ...
... delicate spring balance , like that used for weighing letters , the scale - pan would descend at every meal , and ascend in the intervals , oscillating to equal distances on each side of the average position , which would never be ...
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... delicate synovial membrane , which secretes a lubri- cating fluid - the synovia . 15. Though the bones of the skeleton are all strongly enough connected together by ligaments and cartilages , the joints play so freely , and the centre ...
... delicate synovial membrane , which secretes a lubri- cating fluid - the synovia . 15. Though the bones of the skeleton are all strongly enough connected together by ligaments and cartilages , the joints play so freely , and the centre ...
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... delicate blotting - paper , the one face of which is free , or lines a cavity in communication with the exterior of the body , while the other is in contact with the blood which has to be purified . The excreted matters are , as it were ...
... delicate blotting - paper , the one face of which is free , or lines a cavity in communication with the exterior of the body , while the other is in contact with the blood which has to be purified . The excreted matters are , as it were ...
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... delicate walls , composed of what at first sight appears to be a structureless membrane ( Fig . 3 A , a ) , but is in reality formed of a number of thin scales , called " cells , " cemented together at their edges ; in each of these ...
... delicate walls , composed of what at first sight appears to be a structureless membrane ( Fig . 3 A , a ) , but is in reality formed of a number of thin scales , called " cells , " cemented together at their edges ; in each of these ...
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action afferent afferent nerves alimentary canal animal aorta auditory auricle auriculo-ventricular becomes bile blood blood-vessels body bone brain branches called capillaries carbonic acid cartilage cavity cells centre changes coagulation cochlear connective tissue contains contraction convex cricoid delicate diameter diaphragm distended duct elastic epidermis epithelium external fibrin filaments fluid front give rise glands heart Hence hepatic impulses inch intestine kidney lacteal layer lens Lesson ligament liver lungs lymphatic matter medulla medulla oblongata mouth movements mucous membrane muscles muscular fibres nerve fibres neuraxis nitrogen optic nerve organ oxidation oxygen pass plasma posterior proteid pulmonary artery quantity red corpuscles retina ribs right auricle seen semilunar valves sensations sensory side skin small arteries spinal cord substance supplied surface takes place thorax thyroid thyroid cartilage trunks tube tubules upper vascular veins vena cava venous ventricle vessels vibrations vocal chords walls
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