Animal Physiology, a Specific Subject of Instruction in Public Elementary Schools

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Blackie, 1884 - Human physiology - 144 pages
 

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Page 109 - Broom showed that the foramen magnum, the hole in the base of the skull through which the spinal cord passes and...
Page 124 - It is divided into three parts, — the outer, the middle, and the inner ear. 180. The Outer Ear. — The outer ear consists of a broad plate of gristle, shaped somewhat like a shell, commonly called "the ear;" and of a tube about an inch long, called the auditory canal.
Page 9 - ... the blood flows through every organ in turn; here becoming rich 1. What is the circulation of the blood ? in foods, there feeding the organs; here warmed, and there cooled; here loaded with wastes, and there purified. Thus by the flowing blood, every part is cared for. 3. The Organs of Circulation are the heart, the arteries, the capillaries, and the veins. The heart is a hollow muscle which squeezes the blood on, and keeps it moving. The arteries carry blood from the heart and distribute it...
Page 2 - The mechanism of the principal movements of the limbs and of the body as a whole. The organs and functions of alimentation, circulation and respiration.

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