First Book in Physiology: For the Use of Schools and Families. Intended as Introductory to the Larger Work by the Same AuthorSheldon and Company, publishers, 1872 - 191 pages |
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Page 27
... sometimes shut , so as to prevent anything from pass- By what is the saliva made ? Where is the largest of these glands situated ? How many of these glands are there ? Are they equally at work all the time ? Do they all secrete the same ...
... sometimes shut , so as to prevent anything from pass- By what is the saliva made ? Where is the largest of these glands situated ? How many of these glands are there ? Are they equally at work all the time ? Do they all secrete the same ...
Page 28
... sometimes of so many different kinds , is all changed into a greyish cream - like substance , called chyme . 14. None of the food can pass by the valve into the intestines till the gastric juice has acted upon it enough and changed it ...
... sometimes of so many different kinds , is all changed into a greyish cream - like substance , called chyme . 14. None of the food can pass by the valve into the intestines till the gastric juice has acted upon it enough and changed it ...
Page 29
... sometimes happens , then commonly this sentinel after awhile gives up its resistance , and lets the undigested food pass on . Or , if it holds out in its resistance , the food is got rid of by being thrown back by the stomach through ...
... sometimes happens , then commonly this sentinel after awhile gives up its resistance , and lets the undigested food pass on . Or , if it holds out in its resistance , the food is got rid of by being thrown back by the stomach through ...
Page 61
... sometimes assist very much . They are muscles that move the whole frame- work of the ribs and the breast - bone forward and upward . By doing this they enlarge the room in the chest in front and at the sides at the same time that the ...
... sometimes assist very much . They are muscles that move the whole frame- work of the ribs and the breast - bone forward and upward . By doing this they enlarge the room in the chest in front and at the sides at the same time that the ...
Page 62
... sometimes so blocks up the windpipe that Why is it so important that the dark blood should be changed to red in the lungs How is life destroyed in drowning ? How does disease often produce death ? ▸ very little air can get through it ...
... sometimes so blocks up the windpipe that Why is it so important that the dark blood should be changed to red in the lungs How is life destroyed in drowning ? How does disease often produce death ? ▸ very little air can get through it ...
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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...