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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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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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