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... vessels and nerves are everywhere mingled together . For if you prick any part , the nerves feel the pain , and the blood - vessels at the same time let out their blood . 15. All the parts and organs of the body are well packed together ...
... vessels and nerves are everywhere mingled together . For if you prick any part , the nerves feel the pain , and the blood - vessels at the same time let out their blood . 15. All the parts and organs of the body are well packed together ...
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... vessels . These vessels join together to form a tube which empties itself into the blood . Having thus described in a general way the manner in which the nourishing part of our food is separated and extracted from it , let us look at ...
... vessels . These vessels join together to form a tube which empties itself into the blood . Having thus described in a general way the manner in which the nourishing part of our food is separated and extracted from it , let us look at ...
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... vessels scattered all over the inside of the intes- tines . These absorbents are called lacteals , from lac , meaning milk , because the fluid which they absorb is a milk - like fluid . 18. The lacteals are exceedingly small , and ...
... vessels scattered all over the inside of the intes- tines . These absorbents are called lacteals , from lac , meaning milk , because the fluid which they absorb is a milk - like fluid . 18. The lacteals are exceedingly small , and ...
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... vessels that are so small that they are called capillaries , from the Latin word capilla , hair . They are really smaller than any hair . When you prick or cut your finger you wound a large number of these capillaries , and they let out ...
... vessels that are so small that they are called capillaries , from the Latin word capilla , hair . They are really smaller than any hair . When you prick or cut your finger you wound a large number of these capillaries , and they let out ...
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... and fill it up with water . Put the end of the tube in a vessel of Illustrate the action of the heart by the comparison of the india- rubber bottle . water . If now you press the sides of the 38 FIRST BOOK IN PHYSIOLOGY .
... and fill it up with water . Put the end of the tube in a vessel of Illustrate the action of the heart by the comparison of the india- rubber bottle . water . If now you press the sides of the 38 FIRST BOOK IN PHYSIOLOGY .
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Page 112 - BO many different bones, instead of being one solid, tight box. If a blow be received on the head, these bones give a little upon each other, as it is expressed, and so they are not often broken. They give more in the child than in the adult, because, besides being less brittle, they are less tightly put together. It is well that it is so ; for if it were not, the skull would often be fractured, in the frequent falls which the child has. 9. The bones on the top of the head are fastened together by...
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Page 169 - It is often produced by the vibration of the air. This is the case in whistling. In the flute it is the vibration of the air in the instrument that produces the sound. And so of other similar instruments. 3. When the vibrations are equal, the sound is a musical one. But when they are irregular, the sound is a noise, that is, a confused sound. 4. Sound passes through the air by vibrations. It may be said to pass by waves in all directions, just as waves go in all directions on the surface of water...
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Page 54 - ... supply of impure air afforded by the Yoga exercises, we should aim at a large supply of pure air. How is this to be secured ? The air we breathe goes down into the lungs, which are full of small air cells, somewhat like a sponge. As a sponge is much larger when its cells are filled with water than when dry, so the lungs swell out when their cells are filled with air. How many little air cells are there in the lungs ? About sixty lakhs ! The air after staying a little time in the air cells, goes...