Class-book of Science and LiteratureChambers, 1869 - 324 pages |
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Page 54
... cells . This tissue is composed of two elements - a yellow or elastic sub- stance , and a white or inelastic , tough substance ; and these substances are arranged in various proportions , according to the nature of the cover- ing that ...
... cells . This tissue is composed of two elements - a yellow or elastic sub- stance , and a white or inelastic , tough substance ; and these substances are arranged in various proportions , according to the nature of the cover- ing that ...
Page 55
... cells of which the cutis is composed , developed at the bottom of the follicle . The inside of the shaft contains something of the same kind ; while its outer layer is simply these cells dried and turned into a scaly nature . This is ...
... cells of which the cutis is composed , developed at the bottom of the follicle . The inside of the shaft contains something of the same kind ; while its outer layer is simply these cells dried and turned into a scaly nature . This is ...
Page 65
... cells . Into the smallest of these cells the air has access , and it is on their walls that the network of capillaries is spread , in which the blood comes in contact with it . When the venous blood has re- turned to the heart , it is ...
... cells . Into the smallest of these cells the air has access , and it is on their walls that the network of capillaries is spread , in which the blood comes in contact with it . When the venous blood has re- turned to the heart , it is ...
Page 66
... cells or exceedingly minute bags , lining the follicles ; and another form of discharge is when these cells , without being contained in follicles into which they discharge the fluid secreted , lie on the surface of a membrane , and ...
... cells or exceedingly minute bags , lining the follicles ; and another form of discharge is when these cells , without being contained in follicles into which they discharge the fluid secreted , lie on the surface of a membrane , and ...
Page 68
... cells ; and it seems , that in some way or other , the nerve- fibres of the trunks communicate with the cells of the gray matter in the ganglia . The office of the nerve - fibres in the trunks is to convey the influence of something ...
... cells ; and it seems , that in some way or other , the nerve- fibres of the trunks communicate with the cells of the gray matter in the ganglia . The office of the nerve - fibres in the trunks is to convey the influence of something ...
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