Muscles Of Arm
Arm, Muscles Of The.—the Mus Cles Which Clothe The Os Humeri Are Part Of The Deltoid, The Biceps, Coraco-brachialis, Brachixus Anticus, The Origin Of The Supinator Longus In Front, And The Triceps Behind. The Deltoid Belongs To The Shoulder, And Will Be Described With The Other Muscles Of That Part. ...
Muscles Of Back
Back, Muscles Of The.—the Mus Cles Of The Back Are Very Numerous And Complex. There Is Much Variety In Their Origins And Inser Tions In Different Subjects, And In Many Cases It Is Not Easy To Decide With Which Of Two Adjoining Muscles We Are To Connect Certain Bundles Of ...
Muscles Of Fore Arm
Fore-arm, Muscles Of The.— When We Consider How Varied And Complex Are The Motions Of The Arm And Hand, It Is No Matter Of Surprize That So Many As Nineteen Muscles Should Be Found Composing The Fleshy Mass Of The Fore-arm. These Muscles May Be Classified In Reference To Their ...
Muscles Of Tile Hand
Hand, Muscles Of Tile. (human Anatomy.) The Varied And Beautiful Move Ments Of Which The Hand Is Capable Are Effected By Muscles Belonging To Separate And Distinct Regions,—namely, One Set Of Muscles Which Are The Proper And Intrinsic Muscles Of The Hand Itself, And A Second Set, Which Are Continued ...
Muscles Of The
Muscles Of The Leg.—the Muscles Lying On The Bones Of The Leg, Both Before And Behind, Are, With The Exception Of One, Pro Perly Muscles Of The Ankle-joint And Foot, Since Their Primary Action Is Exclusively Upon These Parts. (see Article Foot, Muscles Of.) For The Convenience, However, Of Description ...
Muscular
Muscular Motion.— Under This Head It Is Intended To Consider The Contractility Of Muscle, Its Source, The Stimuli That Excite It, And The Nature Of The Minute Movements Occurring During The Act Of Contraction. A. Of The Contractility Muscle.—this Subject Having Already Been Ably Discussed In This Work (see Contractility), ...
Myology
Myology. - The Myology Of Quadrupeds Is, In Many Points Of' View, A Subject Of Particular Interest, More Especially In Those Races Which Are Far Removed From Man In Their General Habits Or In The Configuration Of Their Skeleton. In The Case Of The Solipeds, Owinr, To The Exceedingly Aberrant ...
Neck
Neck. Gr. Teilx1p\ 05 ; Lat. Callow, Cer Vix; Fr. Le Con ; Iial. It Collo ; Ger. Der Hale. This Word Denotes That Contracted, Ribless Por Tion Of The Trunk Or Column Of Support, Which, In Vertebrate Animals, Immediately Sustains The Head. Disease And Accidental Lesions So Fre Quently ...
Nematoneura
Nematoneura —animals Possessed Both Of Nerves And Muscles, Either Without Percep Tible Ganglionic Centres Of Innervation, Or Where These Do Exist, They Are Extremely Rudimentary, And Not Arranged In Any Parallel Series. This Division Will Include Ccelelmintha, Bryozoa, Rotifera, Epizoa, Echinodermata. The Term Agastrica Is Here Proposed To In Clude ...
Nerve Shel
Nerve. Shel L.—this Term Is Commonly Employed To Designate The Hard Envelopes In Which The Bodies And Members Of Inany Animals Be Longing To The Radiated, Molluscous, And Articulated Sub-kingdoms Are Enclosed. Ge Nerally Speaking, It Is Applied To Thbse Only Into Whose Composition Mineral Matter Enters : Thus, We ...