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... present edition has been more extensively revised than any of its predecessors . The chapter on Histology , in particular , has been entirely reconstructed and provided with new illustrations , several of which have been taken from ...
... present edition has been more extensively revised than any of its predecessors . The chapter on Histology , in particular , has been entirely reconstructed and provided with new illustrations , several of which have been taken from ...
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... present in the capillaries and veins . 20. The rate at which the blood flows in the different blood - vessels . 21 , 22. The circulation traced in its whole course . 23. The nervous system regulates the calibre of the small arteries ...
... present in the capillaries and veins . 20. The rate at which the blood flows in the different blood - vessels . 21 , 22. The circulation traced in its whole course . 23. The nervous system regulates the calibre of the small arteries ...
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... present to an account of so much of the structure and such of the actions ( or , as they are technically called , “ functions " ) of the body , as can be ascertained by easy observation ; or might be so ascer- tained if the bodies of ...
... present to an account of so much of the structure and such of the actions ( or , as they are technically called , “ functions " ) of the body , as can be ascertained by easy observation ; or might be so ascer- tained if the bodies of ...
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... present . 24. Finally the lungs play a double part , being not merely eliminators of waste , or excretionary products , but importers into the economy of a substance which is not exactly either food or drink , but something as im ...
... present . 24. Finally the lungs play a double part , being not merely eliminators of waste , or excretionary products , but importers into the economy of a substance which is not exactly either food or drink , but something as im ...
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... present a continually increasing calibre , and allow of a flow without interruption to the heart . On the contrary , remaining nearly of the same size , they , at intervals , enter and ramify in rounded bodies called lymphatic glands ...
... present a continually increasing calibre , and allow of a flow without interruption to the heart . On the contrary , remaining nearly of the same size , they , at intervals , enter and ramify in rounded bodies called lymphatic glands ...
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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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