Animal PhysiologyOrr, 1848 - 579 pages |
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action albumen aliment amount animalcules animals aorta aperture apparatus arrangement artery Articulata auricle Birds blood blood-vessels body bones breathe canal capillaries carbonic acid cartilage cavity cells character chyle circulation composed contains conveyed Crustacea digestive distinct excretion exist fibres fibrin Fishes fluid functions ganglia gelatin gills glands glottis heart Hence herbivorous higher animals Insects intestinal canal intestinal tube lacteals larvæ legs less liver living lower lungs Mammalia manner mastication matter membrane minute Mollusca mouth movement muscles muscular nerves nervous system nourishment nutrition oesophagus organs orifice oxygen particles pass peculiar performed pharynx PHYS plants polypes portion possess produced proportion pulmonary quantity Reptiles resemblance respiration respiratory secretion seen shell side skin spinal cord stomach structure substances supply surface takes place teeth temperature termed tion tissues tribe trunk VEGET veins venous ventricle vertebral column Vertebrata Vertebrated vessels walls whilst