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... move about that busy little machine , the tongue , you will get some idea of the great variety of motion that it can perform . 4. But besides being a locomotive machine , capable of all this variety of motion , the human body is also a ...
... move about that busy little machine , the tongue , you will get some idea of the great variety of motion that it can perform . 4. But besides being a locomotive machine , capable of all this variety of motion , the human body is also a ...
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... move . Thus , when you wish to move your hand , messages are sent from the brain to the muscles that move this part . When the mind wills that the whole body shall move , a great number of these mes- sages are sent in all directions at ...
... move . Thus , when you wish to move your hand , messages are sent from the brain to the muscles that move this part . When the mind wills that the whole body shall move , a great number of these mes- sages are sent in all directions at ...
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... move on each other at the joints , they are held in their places . The bones are moved by muscles . The muscles make up the bulk of the fleshy part of the body . Their color is red . The tendons are white and shining cords , by which ...
... move on each other at the joints , they are held in their places . The bones are moved by muscles . The muscles make up the bulk of the fleshy part of the body . Their color is red . The tendons are white and shining cords , by which ...
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... moves the bones , by means of some figures . Suppose a , in Fig . 2 , is a bone that is fixed so that it cannot be moved , and that b can be ... move the lower jaw in eating . FIGS . 6 , 7 . α b 10. Figs DIFFERENT STRUCTURES OF THE BODY . 17.
... moves the bones , by means of some figures . Suppose a , in Fig . 2 , is a bone that is fixed so that it cannot be moved , and that b can be ... move the lower jaw in eating . FIGS . 6 , 7 . α b 10. Figs DIFFERENT STRUCTURES OF THE BODY . 17.
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... moved and stretched , but it always yields easily and is not torn . 18. The cells of this substance are kept moist by a very little watery fluid . When this fluid is in greater quantity than it should be , the disease called . dropsy is ...
... moved and stretched , but it always yields easily and is not torn . 18. The cells of this substance are kept moist by a very little watery fluid . When this fluid is in greater quantity than it should be , the disease called . dropsy is ...
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Page 112 - This is one reason also why it is made up of so 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...
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...
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...