The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... cartilages which form the nostri !, the arm - pits , young stems or branches , & c . ALANGIUM , in botany , a genus of the Decandria Monogyria class and order ; the characters of which are , that it has from 6 to 10 linear petals , from ...
... cartilages which form the nostri !, the arm - pits , young stems or branches , & c . ALANGIUM , in botany , a genus of the Decandria Monogyria class and order ; the characters of which are , that it has from 6 to 10 linear petals , from ...
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... cartilages and mucus of the joints . The interstices of all these parts must be filled up with some soft and ductile matter , which shall keep them in their places , unite them , and at the same time allow them to move a little upon one ...
... cartilages and mucus of the joints . The interstices of all these parts must be filled up with some soft and ductile matter , which shall keep them in their places , unite them , and at the same time allow them to move a little upon one ...
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... Cartilages , or gristles , which are much softer than the bones , and also flexible and elastic ; 3. Ligaments , which are more flexible still , and connect the ends of the bones to each other ; 4. Membranes , or planes of minutely in ...
... Cartilages , or gristles , which are much softer than the bones , and also flexible and elastic ; 3. Ligaments , which are more flexible still , and connect the ends of the bones to each other ; 4. Membranes , or planes of minutely in ...
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... cartilage , and these , by degrees become bony . The formation of bone begins in the centre of the cartilage , and gradually extends from thence to the remote parts , so that the separate piece of bone , formed at the extremity ...
... cartilage , and these , by degrees become bony . The formation of bone begins in the centre of the cartilage , and gradually extends from thence to the remote parts , so that the separate piece of bone , formed at the extremity ...
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... CARTILAGE is a semipellucid substance , of a milk - white or pearly colour , entering into the compo- sition of several parts of the body . It holds a middle rank , in point of firinness , between bones or hard parts , and the softer ...
... CARTILAGE is a semipellucid substance , of a milk - white or pearly colour , entering into the compo- sition of several parts of the body . It holds a middle rank , in point of firinness , between bones or hard parts , and the softer ...
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