Av Es
Av Es, Birds ; (gr. Oepicie; ; Fr. Oiseaux ; Germ. V Ijgeln ; Ital. Uccelli : ) A Class Of Ovi Parous Vertebrate Animals, With Warm Blood, A Double Circulation, And A Covering Of Feathers. Birds Are Organized For Flight, And As This, The Most Vigorous Kind Of Locomotion, ...
Aves
Aves Pigeon . As 100 : 30 Mammalia Mouse . .... As 100 : 22 The Spinal Cord Passes Lower Down The Ver Tebral Column Than In Man, But Terminates By A True Cauda Equina, As In The Bat And Mouse, In Which Latter Animal It Is Continued Into The ...
Axes Of The Pelvis
Axes Of The Pelvis. - The Term Axis Is Applied Anatomically To The Line Of Direction Of Any Surface Or Plane, And, As It Implies A Right Line, Drawn At Right Angles To That Surface Or Plane, It Can Only Be Applied With Propriety To The Outlets Of The Pelvis. ...
Axilla
Axilla (surgical Anatomy)—(fr. Aisselle, Ger. Achselgrube.) Syn. Region Axillaire, Velp. Is The Latin Name For The Armpit, And Is Used By Anatomists To Designate An Important Region Situated Between The Upper Extremity And The Thorax. The Axilla In Man Is The Seat Of So Many Diseases And Accidents ; It ...
Axillary Artery
Axillary Artery ( Arteria Axillaris ). This Artery, Which Is The Continuation Of The Subclavian Trunk, Commences At The Outer Border Of The First Rib, Beneath The Lower Mar Gin Of The Subclavius Muscle : Lying At First On The External Surface Of The Superior Part Of The Thorax, It ...
Azygos
Azygos, 'tryoc, Jugum.) The Term Azygos Is Applied By Anatomical Writers To Cer Tain Parts Of The Human Body, Which, Being Situated In Or Near The Mesial Line, Appear Singly, And Not Symmetrically Or In Pairs : Thus We Read Of The Azygos Process Of The Sphenoid Bone, Of The ...
B Analysis Of Animal
B. Analysis Of Animal Solids. Solid Matters, As Turnours Concrdtions, And Sediments Are Best Subjected To A Preliminary Test By The Action Of Heat; The Sedirnents Are Separated By Filtration From The Liquids In Which They Are Deposited; By Ignition On Plati Num Foil Of A Few Small Fragments We ...
B Concretions
(b.) Concretions Or Pseudo-calculi.— Concretions Are Masses Composed Of Saline Materials Deposited In A Pre-existing Organic Basis,— The Former, As They Increase, Gradually Encroach On And, As It Were, Dispossess The Lat Ter, Until Eventually, In Many Instances, All Ob Vious Traces Of Its Existence Have Disappeared. The Saline Matters ...
B Monstrosities Produced Hy
B. Monstrosities Produced Hy Excess Of Deyelopement. I. Foetus In Kent. The Human Foetus May Be Included In An Other Fretus, Or Adhere To Its Body. This May Happen In Two Different Manners :— A Flans More Or Less Perfect Contained In The Cavity Of The Body If Its Twin-brother ...
B Permanent
B. Permanent Cartilages Are Met With Under Two Forms : 1, The Articular, Attached To Bone, And Entering Into The Formation Of Joints ; 2, The Non-articular, Forming Canals More Or Less Per Fectly. I. The Articular Cartilages Are Called Diar Throdial, Obducent, Or Of Incrustation, When They Belong To ...
Bibliograpii
Bibliograpii Y.-hofmann, G. Dc Generatione Et Usu Partium, 8vo. Altorf, 1648. Harvey, Gull. Escercitationes De Generatione Animalism, 4w. Lend. 1651. Malpighi, De Formatione Pnlli In Ovo, 4to. Lend. 1673 ; Ej. De Ovo Incubate, Ib. 1686. Bartholinus, Dc Form. Et Nutrit. Firms In Utcro, 4to. Flafn. 1687. De Graaf, De ...
Bile
Bile. Syn. Gall. (gr. Xono); Lat. Bilis ; Fr. Bile ; Ger. Die Galle ; Ital.jiele.)—this Im Portant Secretion Has Been Laboriously Examined By Several Modern Chemists Of Eminence, Among Whom We May Especially Enumerate Tlienard, Berzelius,t Tiedemann And Gmelin,x And Frommlierz And Gugert.§ Their Results, How Ever, Are So ...
Bladder Of Urine
Bladder Of Urine (normal Anato My).—(kvon. Ovpohxoc, Vesica Urinaria. Germ. Harnblase. Commonly Known As The Bladder.) The Urinary, Like The Biliary Appa Ratus, Consists Of Four Principal Organs, Each Accomplishing A Different Purpose, Yet All Con Tributing To The Same End, Namely, The Sepa Ration From The Circulating Medium Of ...
Blood
Blood, (gr. Ap,a. Lat. Sanguis. Fr. Sang. Germ. Blut. Ital. Sangue). This Is The Title The Peculiar Fluid Which Carries Into The Living Tissues Of Animals The Materials Necessary To The Nutritive Processes Going On Within Them. The Physical Qualities Of This Fluid Vary Extremely ; Among Almost All The ...
Blum
Blum The Ganglions Are Small Masses Occupying Certain Situations In The Body. They Are Ex Tremely Numerous In The Hurnan Body, And Very Variable In Shape And Size. One Great Sub Division Of Them, In Man And The Mammalia, Is Connected With The Posterior Roots Of The Spinal, And With ...
Bones And Joints
Bones And Joints. In The Amputation Of The Metacarpal Bone Of The Thumb, Which Is Easily Performed At Its Articulation With The Trapezium, The Edge Of The Knife Should Be Kept Close To The Ulnar Edge Of The Bone, In Order, If Possible, To Avoid Wound Ing The Radial Artery ...
Bones Of Tiie
Bones Of Tiie Fece.—the Bones Of The Face Comprise All Those Of The Skull Which Do Not Contribute To Form The Cavity For The Brain; They Inclose, Either By Themselves Or In Con Junction With The Adjacent Bones Of The Cranium, 1. The Organs Of Three Senses, Viz. Sight, Smelling, ...
Bones Of The Foot
Foot, Bones Of The (in Human Ana Tomy).—the Foot (pes ; Gr. 7a- Ovc; Fr. Le Pied ; Germ. Der Fuss) Forms The Inferior Segment Of The Lower Extremity, Being United To The Leg At The Ankle-joint Nearly At A Right Angle, So That In The Erect Position On A ...
Bones Of The Iiand
Iiand, Bones Of The, (human Ana Tomy.) The Hand (vie, Maims; Fr. !amain; Germ. Die Lland,) Is The Inferior Segment Of The Upper Extremity. Its Presence Is Charac Teristic Of Man And The Quadrumana. Although Formed On The Same General Type, The Hand Will Be Found To Exhibit Many Points ...
Brachial Or Humeral Artery
Brachial Or Humeral Artery (arteria Brachzalis, Humeraria. Germ. Die Ar Marterie.) This Artery Is The Continuation Of The Trunk Of The Axillary. It Commences At The Inferior Margin Of The Tendons Of The Teres Ma Jor And Latissimus Dorsi, Whence It Extends To About An Inch Below The Bend Of ...
Bursie
Bursie Mucos/e. (fr. Bourses Synovi Ales ; Germ. Die Shleimbeutel.)---this Name Was First Given By Albinus To Small Shut Sacs, Filled With An Unctuous Fluid, Which He Found In Certain Parts Of The Body, Interposed Between The Tendons And Bones. The Name, However, Is Now Much More Extensively Applied, For ...
C Accidental Ca
C. Accidental Ca Rtilage.-by This Name We Designate The Cartilaginous Concretions Which Are Occasionally Found In Situations Where They Do Not Ordinarily Exist. They Present Them Selves In Several Organs, Under Various Forms, And In Different Stages Of Development. Laennec Divides Them Into Perfect And Imperfect ;* But It Is ...