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Rviviinantia
Rviviinantia. Camelus Bactrianus. — H. 3 In. Thyroid : Wings United At An Obtuse Angle. Cricoid Elliptical. Arytenoids Gular. Ventricles Oval. Epiglottis : Apex The Epiglottis Leading To A Sac. A. Gutturosa, Pomum Very Large.* Cervus. C. Farandus Or Rein Deer. — La Rynx Has A Laryngeal Opening At The ...

Saline Precipitates
-saline Precipitates. The Various Secreted Fluids May Be Regarded As Saline Solutions, In Which The Proportion Of Menstruum And Of Dissolved Salts Is Chemically Accurate. If Any Cause Affect This Proportion In Such Manner As To Lower The Ratio Of Solvent Fluid, Precipitation Of The Solid Matter Must Follow ; ...

Saliva
Saliva (la Saline, Fr. ; Der Speichel, Germ. ; La Sciliva, Ital.). — The Saliva Is A Fluid Secreted By A Series Of Glands Placed About The Max Llary Region. These Glands, Viz. The Parotids, Submaxillaries, And Sub Linguals, Pour Their Secretions Into The Cavity Of The Mouth On Either ...

Saliva In
Saliva In Disease• Salivary Calculi.— As The Result, In All Pro Bability, Of Some Defect In Secretion, The Saliva Occasionally Gives Rise To The Formation Of Calcu Lous Matter. Thus, What Is Commonly Called Tartar, Tends To Deposit Upon The Teeth. Ber Zelius Has Examined This Substance, And Found That ...

Sarcoma
Sarcoma. Simple Sarcoma (qapt, Flesh), Or Cellulo Vascular Growth, Presents Itself As A Mass Of Variable Dimensions,— Those Of A Hazel-nut And Of A Cocoa-nut Are The Extremes We Have Seen. Of Oval Or, Less Commonly, Spherical Outline, Its Surface May Be Even And Tole Rably Smooth, Or Nodulated (u. ...

Scapular Region Descriptive And
Scapular Region (descriptive And Stjrg1cal Anatomy Of). The Term Sca Pular Region Is Intended By Some Anatomists To Comprise All The Structures Which Lie On The Scapula, On Its Anterior As Well As On Its Pos Terior Surface; But, In Accordance With The Arrangement Of Velpeau And Others, We Limit ...

Scapulo Humeral Articulation
Scapulo-humeral Articulation.- The Scapulo-humeral Articulation Is Formed By The Contact Of The Head Of The Humerus With The Glenoid Cavity Of The Scapula. This, The Prin Cipal Articulation Of The Upper Extremity, Is Placed At The Superior And External Portion Of The Trunk, Behind The Line Of The Axis Of ...

Scrotum
Scrotum. Latin, Per Metath. A Scot. Tum, E. Pellis ; Kopmcoc, L'axcoc, Gr. ; Der Hodensach, Germ. Neither The English Nor French Language Appears To Have Retained Any Word Exclusively Significant Of This Part Of The Body. In The Former Tongue, The Saxon Word "cod," A Husk, Or Shell, Or ...

Second Division Enterodela
Second Division.-enterodela. This Division Includes All Animalcules Having An Internal Digestive Canal Provided With A Mouth And Anal Opening. 4th Section. Anopisthia. Mouth And Anus Contiguous. Nuda. Loricata. Vorticellina. Ophridina. 5th Section. En A Ntiotr Eta . Mouth And Anus Terminal And Opposite ; Re Production By Transverse Division. Nuda. ...

Sens
Sens Ibility.— (fr. Sensibilite ; Germ. Empfindlichkeit). — This Term, Like Sensa Tion, Should Be Limited To Signify The Power Which Any Organ Or Tissue Of The Body Has, Of Causing Changes Inherent Or Excited In It To Be Perceived And Recognised By The Mind. The Greater This Power Is ...

Sensation
Sensation. — (fr. Sensation ; Germ. Empfindung.)— The Improved State Of Our Knowledge Of The Physiology Of The Ner Vous System Makes It Imperative That Phy Siologists Should Adopt And Adhere To A Pre Cise Definition Of The Term Which Forms The Heading Of This Article. Perhaps The Simplest Definition ...

Sense Of
Sense Of Toueu. Special Organs Of Touch. — The Peculiar Endowments Of The Tegumentary Surface, Which Enable Us To Draw From The Impres Sions Received Through It, Information Of So Much More Varied And Definite A Character Than We Can Derive Through Any Of The Struc Tures Which It Invests, ...

Serial Homologies Of Tiie
Serial Homologies Of Tiie Pelvic Bones And Ligaments. The Sacrunz, According To Professor Owen, Is To Be Considered As The Centrum Of The Pelvic Vertebral Elements. The Ankylosed Bodies Of The Sacral Vertebrm, As Well As Their Coalesced Spinous And Articular Processes, Are Sufficiently Evident As The Representatives Of Those ...

Serous
Serous And Synovial Mem Branes.—(illembranes Sereuses, Fr.; Serihe Haiite, Seriise Ueberziige, Wasserhaide, Germ. Membranes Synoviales, Fr. ; Synovial-kapseln, Synovial Haiite,germ.) —the Names By Which These Structures Are Designated Seem To Have Been Originally Derived From The Appearances Presented By Fluids Which Are Frequently Found After Death In The So-called Cavities ...

Serous Coat Afforded By
Serous Coat Afforded By The Peritoneum To The Various Viscera Invests Some Of Them Completely, Except Along Little Linear Spaces, Imaginary Rather Than Real, Where It Reaches Them As Mesentery, &c. : Others It Invests On One Side Only, And Others Again Still More Par Tially. The Liver Has An ...

Sesamoid Bones
Sesamoid Bones. By This Name Are Designated The Small Bones Met With In The Neighbourhood Of Certain Joints, Generally In The Tendons Of The Adjacent Muscles. They Owe Their Name (alicrapri An) To The Figure Which They Usually Possess, Resembling That Of An Indian Grain Called Sesame. But The Present ...