First Book on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene: For Grammar Schools and Families : with Eighty-three Engravings |
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Page 131 - At any time of life, excessive and continued mental exertion is hurtful ; but in infancy and early youth, when the structure of the brain is still immature and delicate, permanent mischief is more easily...
Page 141 - Latin, a babe; because it reflects the diminished imagfi of the person who looks upon it. formed, in part, by an expansion of the optic nerve over the bottom of the eye, where the sense of vision is first received 4H9.
Page 87 - The lungs are two conical organs, situated one on each side of the chest, embracing the heart, and separated from each other by a membranous partition, the mediastinum. On the external or thoracic side, they are convex and correspond with the form of the cavity of the chest ; internally, they are concave to receive the convexity of the heart.
Page 126 - Each spinal nerve arises by two roots, an anterior, or motor root, and a posterior, or sensory root. ROOTS OF THE SPINAL NERVES. The anterior roots arise somewhat irregularly from a linear series of foramina, on the antero-lateral column of the spinal cord, gradually approaching towards the anterior median fissure as they descend. The fibres of the anterior roots...
Page 64 - CAPILLARIES constitute a microscopic net-work, and are so distributed through every part of the body as to render it impossible to introduce the smallest needle beneath the skin without wounding several of these fine vessels. They establish the communication between the termination of the arteries and the beginning of the veins. 196. The relation of the capillaries to the arteries and veins, is illustrated by figs. 41 and 42. Fig. 41 Fig. 41. An ideal view of a portion of the pulnionic circulation.
Page 85 - ... and converts to its own use the very principles which it requires for its growth ; or, in other words, as the vital current approaches each organ, the particles appropriate to it feel its attractive force, — obey it, — quit the stream, — mingle with the substance of its tissue, — and are changed into its own true and proper nature.
Page 115 - Two of the quadrangular papillary clumps composed of minute conical papillae, such as are seen in the palm of the hand or sole of the foot. 4. Deep layer of the derma, the corium. 5. Adipose cells. 6. A sudoriparous gland with its spiral duct, as are seen in the palm of the hand and sole of the foot. 7. Another sudoriparous gland with a straighter duct, such as is seen in the scalp. 8. Two hairs from the scalp, inclosed in their follicles; their relative depth in the skin is preserved. 9. A pair...