Elements of physiology

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Blanchard and Lea, 1851 - Anatomy - 598 pages

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CHAPTER PAGE VI OF THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD
304
Different forms of the Circulating Apparatus
305
Action of the Heart
320
Movement of the Blood in the Arteries
327
Movement of the Blood in the Capillaries 231
339
OF NUTRITION
343
Varying Activity of the Nutritive Processes
345
Of Death or Cessation of Nutrition
350
Disordered Conditions of the Nutritive Processes
352
OF RESPIRATION
357
Different forms of the Respiratory Apparatus in the lower Animals
363
Mechanism of Respiration in Mammalia and in Man
375
Chemical Phenomena of Respiration
382
Effects of Insufficiency or Suspension of the Aerating Process
389
OF SECRETION
393
FIG PAGE 109 Rudimentary Pancreas from Cod after Müller
397
Lobule of Lachrymal Gland after Müller
398
Of the Liver and the Bile
400
Liver of Tadpole after Müller
402
Connexion of Lobules of Liver with Hepatic vein ditto
403
Distribution of Hepatic ducts around Lobules of Liver after Kiernan
404
Of the Kidneys and the Urine
406
Development of Kidney in embryo of Lizard after Müller
407
Portion of Kidney of Coluber after Müller
408
Distribution of vessels in Kidney after Bowman
409
Of the Cutaneous and Intestinal Glandulæ
416
Vertical section of Skin after Wilson
417
General Summary of the Excreting Processes
422
Hepatic Cells gorged with Fat after Bowman
423
OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIGHT HEAT AND ELECTRICITY IN THE ANIMAL BODY
425
GENERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
434
Successive stages of development of simpler Algæ after Kützing
435
Diagram representing the three principal forms of the Generative process in
437
Successive stages of Segmentation of the vitellus of Ascaris after Bagge
441
Diagram of Ovum at commencement of separation of digestive cavity after Wagner
459
Diagram of Human Ovum in second month showing the Allantois after Wagner
460
Diagram of the Circulation in the Ovum at the commencement of the forma tion of the placenta after Coste
461
Extremity of Placental Villus after Goodsir
463
Plan of the Foetal Circulation
465
Termination of portion of milkduct in follicles after Sir A Cooper
468
OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
473
Comparative Structure and Actions of the Nervous System
479
Portion of the Ganglionic tract of Polydesmus after Newport
485
Human embryo at sixth week after Wagner
493
Functions of the Spinal Cord and its Nerves
496
Functions of the Medulla Oblongata
504
Dissection of the Medulla Oblongata showing the connexions of its several tracts after Solly altered
506
Functions of the Sensory Ganglia
508
Diagram of the relations of the Cerebrum to the Sensory Ganglia as seen in horizontal section original
509
Functions of the Cerebellum
514
Functions of the Cerebrum
516
Diagram of the relations of the several parts of the Encephalon as seen in vertical section original
519
Functions of the Sympathetic System
527
OF SENSATION GENERAL AND SPECIAL
529
Of the Sense of Touch
534
Distribution of tactile nerves in Skin after Gerber
535
Of the Sense of Taste
536
Capillaries of fungiform papilla of Tongue after Berres
537
Of the Sense of Smell
538
Distribution of Olfactory nerve after Wilson
539
Of the Sense of Hearing
540
Diagram of the Auditory apparatus after Wilson
543
Of the Sense of Sight
544
Refraction of rays of light through convex lens
545
Capillary network of Retina after Berres
547
OF THE VOICE AND SPEECH
553
Structure of the Larynx after Willis
554

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