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 32
... veins unite together . And now this whitish milky fluid becomes blood , and is carried every- where to nourish the body . 20. In Fig . 14 you see all the complicated apparatus or machinery of digestion , except its mill or grinding part ...
... veins unite together . And now this whitish milky fluid becomes blood , and is carried every- where to nourish the body . 20. In Fig . 14 you see all the complicated apparatus or machinery of digestion , except its mill or grinding part ...
Page 36
... veins . It forces the blood out through a large artery , called the aorta , and from this go branches in every direction . These Describe the arrangement of the digestive organs in the turkey . What kind of stomach have birds that eat ...
... veins . It forces the blood out through a large artery , called the aorta , and from this go branches in every direction . These Describe the arrangement of the digestive organs in the turkey . What kind of stomach have birds that eat ...
Page 37
... veins . It forces out the blood by contracting itself , or making itself smaller . It draws in the blood by dilating itself , or making itself larger . 5. I will make these two actions of the heart plain to you by certain comparisons ...
... veins . It forces out the blood by contracting itself , or making itself smaller . It draws in the blood by dilating itself , or making itself larger . 5. I will make these two actions of the heart plain to you by certain comparisons ...
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... veins . And so the heart by turns contracts and enlarges , just as you contract and enlarge the bellows in working them , as you blow the fire . Is the heart in action , or is it at rest , when it dilates ? How are the fibres of the ...
... veins . And so the heart by turns contracts and enlarges , just as you contract and enlarge the bellows in working them , as you blow the fire . Is the heart in action , or is it at rest , when it dilates ? How are the fibres of the ...
Page 41
... veins differ from each other . You see veins lying just under the skin in various parts of the body , but you do not see the arteries . They all lie deeper than these veins that you see . The reason is this . It would be dangerous to ...
... veins differ from each other . You see veins lying just under the skin in various parts of the body , but you do not see the arteries . They all lie deeper than these veins that you see . The reason is this . It would be dangerous to ...
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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...