The Human bodyH. Holt & Company, 1898 - 685 páginas |
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The Human Body: An Account of Its Structure and Activities and the ... Henry Newell Martin Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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acid activity afferent afferent nerves alimentary canal amount animal aorta arteries auricles beat become blood blood-vessels Body bones brain branches breathing capillaries carbon dioxide cartilage cause cavity cells centre cerebral hemispheres changes chemical color connective tissue contains contraction digestion dilatation dorsal efferent elastic energy excited external fats fibres fibrin flow gland glycogen gray matter hæmoglobin heart heat hyaloplasm inches increased intestine known layer less light limb liquid liver living lungs lymph medulla medulla oblongata movements mucous membrane muscle muscular nerve nerve-cells nerve-fibres nervous impulses nitrogen optic organs outer ovum oxidized oxygen papillæ pass physiological plasma portion posterior pressure produced proteids protoplasm pulmonary quantity red corpuscles reflex respiratory rest retina secretion seen sensation sensory side skin spinal cord stimulation stomach substance surface temperature tion trunk tube urea valves veins venous ventricle vertebral vertebral column vessels vibrations
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Página 343 - ... the liver with them, and follows them in their ramifications. The student is now in a position to understand the meaning of the term "portal canal.
Página 493 - The media that refract the rays of light to form the images on the retina are the cornea, the aqueous humor, the crystalline lens, and the vitreous humor.
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Página 316 - It must be absorbable. (3) Neither the substance itself, nor any of the products of its transformation in the body must be injurious to the structure or activity of any organ. If so, it is a poison, not a food.
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Página 133 - ... to be less and less until they finally ceased. " So that up to a certain limit, resistance to the shortening of a muscle makes it more able to shorten, and the greater extension of the muscle due to the greater resistance opposed to its shortening puts it into a state in which it is able to contract more powerfully.
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