Lateral
Lateral Repetition.—that The Right Hand And Foot, And The Right Side Of The Head And Trunk, Are The Exact Counterpart Of The Left Is A Fact So Obvious, That Merely To Assert It Seems An Unnecessary Truism. It Should, However, By No Means Be Regarded As A Matter Of Course. ...
Lemu Rinm
Lemu Rinm. Prodivija. "the Second Large Family Of Quadrumana Is Formed By The Lemurince. They Have The General Aspect Of The American Monkeys, But Their Muzzle Is Lengthened And Pointed, And In The Hind Feet The First Toe Is The Only One Armed With A Crooked Subulated Nail, While The ...
Lephx 5
Lephx.) 5. Echinoderma, Simple Aquatic Animals, For The Most Part Provided With A Calcified Terior 'skeleton Or A Coriaceous Skin, The Body For The Most Part Radiated, Globular, Or Drical, Often Provided With A Distinct Nervous, Muscular, Respiratory, And Vascular System. These Animals Have Received The Names Of Noderma, From ...
Ligaments Of The Uteros
Ligaments Of The Uter'o's. These Terms Are Applied To Several Dupli Catures Of Peritoneum, Containing Variable Quantities Of Fibrous And Muscular Tissue, Which Serve To Connect Together The Uterus And Its Appendages And To Limit The Motions Of These Parts Within The Pelvis. They Are Dis Tinguished As The Broad, ...
Limit
Limit Cui1voilltell 1111s Can Only Be Well Displayed By Strip Ping Off The Pia Mater. The Ap Pearance Which Is Then Presented Has Been Variously Described By Different Writers. It Has Always Seemed To Me To Resemble The Folded Surface Formed By The Mucous Mem Brane Of The Stomach When ...
Locomotion Of Tunicata
Locomotion Of Tunicata.- Generally Speaking, The Muscular Tissue Of The Aseidiadw, Botryllidee, And Pelonaiadw Is Not Subservient To The Purposes Of Locomotion, And Merely Effects The Sudden Removal Of Water And Noxious Objects From The Branchial Sac. The Entrance And Exit Of Water Through The Ex Ternal Orifices, Constituting The ...
Lymphatic And Lacteal Sys
Lymphatic And Lacteal Sys Tem.—(fr. Systime Lymphatique ; Germ. Saugadersystem Oder .lymphgefusssystem. Syn. Absorbent Systcm.)—the Lymphatic Sys Tem Is Composed, In The First Place, Of The Vessels Which Collect And Convey The Lymph From All Parts Of The Body And The Chyle From The Intestines, And Ultimately Deposit Them In ...
Malformations Of Tiie Foetus
Malformations Of Tiie Foetus. It Is Impossible To Give In A Concise Article, Such As Is Suited To A Cyclopmdia, A Complete Description Of All The Various Malformations Of The Foetus. I Must Refer To My Manual, Published In Dutch, Under The Title De Nzens Chelyke Vrucht Beschouwd In Hare ...
Malformations Of The Ovum
Malformations Of The Ovum. 1. Mola Botryoides Or Hydatica,— Hydrometra Aquatica,—is A Degeneration Of The Chorion Into Vesicles Of Different Sizes, Filled With A Serous Liquor, Which Were Erroneously Taken For Hy Datids. They Cover The Surface Of The En Larged Ovum, And Are The Villi Of The Chorion, Which, ...
Mammary Gla N D
Mammary Gla N D S .—syn . Les Glandes Nainimaires, Fr., Die Mitch, Die Brust-driisen, Germ. These Important Organs Of Secretion Are The Peculiar Characteristic Of The Highest Division Of The Animal Kingdom, 31ammalia. In A Physiological Point Of View They Should Be Regarded As Uterine Appendages, As A Por ...
Marsupialia
Marsupialia, ( Marsupium, A Pouch,) Eng. Marsupials; Fr. Marsupiaux; Ger. Bea. Tel T H Iere. Essential External Character.—mammalian Quadrupeds, Distinguished By A Peculiar Pouch Or Duplicature Of The Abdominal Integument, Which, In The Males, Is Everted And Contains The Testes ; In The Females Is Inverted, Covering The Mammm, And ...