First Steps to AnatomyJ. van Voorst, 1845 - 201 pages |
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... structure of any organ , its situation , form , dimensions , weight , connexions , consistence , colour , development - in short , everything con- nected with it as an organic structure ; and hence Anatomy has been defined " The Science ...
... structure of any organ , its situation , form , dimensions , weight , connexions , consistence , colour , development - in short , everything con- nected with it as an organic structure ; and hence Anatomy has been defined " The Science ...
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... structure— that is Anatomy . But the lungs are the great organs of respiration ; whatever , therefore , re- lates to their inhalation and exhalation of air , the changes which such air undergoes in breathing , the alterations effected ...
... structure— that is Anatomy . But the lungs are the great organs of respiration ; whatever , therefore , re- lates to their inhalation and exhalation of air , the changes which such air undergoes in breathing , the alterations effected ...
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... structure of man alone . 2. Comparative Anatomy ( Zootomy ) , to that of other animals compared with man . 3. Morbid or Pathological Anatomy , relates to those changes in structure which are caused by disease . 4. Vegetable Anatomy ...
... structure of man alone . 2. Comparative Anatomy ( Zootomy ) , to that of other animals compared with man . 3. Morbid or Pathological Anatomy , relates to those changes in structure which are caused by disease . 4. Vegetable Anatomy ...
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... structure of the heart , might say beforehand , that it would play ; but he would expect , I think , from the complexity of its mechanism , and the delicacy of many of its parts , that it should always be liable to derangement , or that ...
... structure of the heart , might say beforehand , that it would play ; but he would expect , I think , from the complexity of its mechanism , and the delicacy of many of its parts , that it should always be liable to derangement , or that ...
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... structure from which we might , a priori , calculate on the tenacity of life in different species . Many of the mammiferous animals are as easily destroyed as man , while others retain the vital principle in a much superior degree , so ...
... structure from which we might , a priori , calculate on the tenacity of life in different species . Many of the mammiferous animals are as easily destroyed as man , while others retain the vital principle in a much superior degree , so ...
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absorbents action adipose ANATOMICAL EDUCATION anatomist Anatomy animal frame aorta become belly blood body bone bony brain branches bulk cartilage cavity cellular membrane cellular substance chyle circulation claws coat colour composed connected considered contraction cord coronary arteries corpulency course crab dura dura mater extremely farther fishes flesh fluid functions ganglionic glands head heart hence Hydra injection instance lacteals latter left auricle ligament limb living lobster lungs lymphatics medullary membrane minute motion muscles muscular fibre named nature nerves numerous observe organs origin osseous pass periosteum pia mater plantaris muscle Plate polype portion possess pulmonary artery pulmonary veins remarkable ribs right auricle semilunar valves sensation shell skeleton skin soft species spinal marrow spongy structure subclavian subclavian vein suppose surface tendon thin thoracic duct tion tribes trunk various vasa VASA VASORUM vegetable veins vena cava venæ cavæ vessels vital
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