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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... vertebra of the back , and the apex points to the cartilage of the fifth or sixth left rib . The position however varies by the motion of the diaphragm in respiration , as it is drawn down in a strong inspiration , and again rises in ...
... vertebra of the back , and the apex points to the cartilage of the fifth or sixth left rib . The position however varies by the motion of the diaphragm in respiration , as it is drawn down in a strong inspiration , and again rises in ...
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... vertebra . By the arch of the aorta is meant that part of the vessel , which ariges from the heart , and bends ... vertebræ , and parallel with the trachea , till it reaches the upper margin of the thyroid cartilage , without sending off ...
... vertebra . By the arch of the aorta is meant that part of the vessel , which ariges from the heart , and bends ... vertebræ , and parallel with the trachea , till it reaches the upper margin of the thyroid cartilage , without sending off ...
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... Vertebral , a large trunk passing through perforations in the transverse pro- cesses of the cervical vertebræ , and through the foramen magnum of the skull to the brain , where it unites with its fellow of the a . Middle artery of the ...
... Vertebral , a large trunk passing through perforations in the transverse pro- cesses of the cervical vertebræ , and through the foramen magnum of the skull to the brain , where it unites with its fellow of the a . Middle artery of the ...
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... vertebræ , and at the fourth lumbar vertebra it termi- nates by dividing into the two common iliac trunks . Branches of the abdominal aorta . 1. Right and left phrenic arteries . 2. Cæliac artery . a . Coronary artery of the stomach . b ...
... vertebræ , and at the fourth lumbar vertebra it termi- nates by dividing into the two common iliac trunks . Branches of the abdominal aorta . 1. Right and left phrenic arteries . 2. Cæliac artery . a . Coronary artery of the stomach . b ...
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