First Book in Physiology: For the Use of Schools and FamiliesSheldon & Company, 1869 |
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Page 16
... tendons are white and shining cords , by which the muscles pull the bones , in moving them . 7. As I must refer occasionally to the action of muscles before I come to the chapter on the muscles , I will explain to you now the manner in ...
... tendons are white and shining cords , by which the muscles pull the bones , in moving them . 7. As I must refer occasionally to the action of muscles before I come to the chapter on the muscles , I will explain to you now the manner in ...
Page 18
... tendons . The limbs of the body are made up of these four struc- tures . They compose also all the outer parts or walls of the trunk of the body and of the head . Within these walls are the three great cavities of the body , containing ...
... tendons . The limbs of the body are made up of these four struc- tures . They compose also all the outer parts or walls of the trunk of the body and of the head . Within these walls are the three great cavities of the body , containing ...
Page 19
... tendons . The organs contained in these three cavi- ties I shall speak of in other parts of this book . 14. In all the different structures of the body of which I have spoken , there are blood - vessels , large and small , circulating ...
... tendons . The organs contained in these three cavi- ties I shall speak of in other parts of this book . 14. In all the different structures of the body of which I have spoken , there are blood - vessels , large and small , circulating ...
Page 41
... tendon that you feel there . So at the knee , the artery is deep in the ham at the back of the joint , in a space between two jutting par- apets of bone , as we may call them . 13. There are only a few places in the body where arteries ...
... tendon that you feel there . So at the knee , the artery is deep in the ham at the back of the joint , in a space between two jutting par- apets of bone , as we may call them . 13. There are only a few places in the body where arteries ...
Page 77
... tendons , hair , & c . 9. I will now show you how the blood is used as the building material of the body , and what are the work- men that thus use it . The blood is not used for building and repairing while it is in the arteries , nor ...
... tendons , hair , & c . 9. I will now show you how the blood is used as the building material of the body , and what are the work- men that thus use it . The blood is not used for building and repairing while it is in the arteries , nor ...
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