Splanchnology
Splanchnology. - No Parts Of The Ana Tomy Of The Monkeys Are, Perhaps, Inore Inter Esting Than The Pouches Of The Larynx. I Have Published A Great Number Of Observations About Them, By Which Is Proved : 1. That They Exist In The Chimpanzee, The Orang-cetan, The Sianiang, The Senznopitheci, ...
Splanciinology
Splanciinology, — The Soft Parts Afford No Material For Such Interesting Observations As Those Of The Monkey-s Of The Old World. The Larynx Wants In General The Pouches, Which I Have Described Before. There Are But Two Exceptions Yet Known, One In The Ilia Rikina (hapcde Rosalia), In Which Cuvier ...
Spleen
Spleen. (lien Seu Splen, Lat.; Zrxhp, Gr. ; Die 3filz, Germ.; La Rate, Fr.) Nor Mal Anatomy. The Spleen Is A Single So-called " Vascular Gland," Which Is Attached To The Cardiac Extremity Of The Stomach, And Appears To Possess Some Intimate Connection With The Renovation Of The Blood. Situation ...
Stomach And
Stomach And Intestine.— (syn. Stomach, Formerly Maw, Eng. ; Mogen, Germ.; Atokaxoc, Yacriip, Gr.; Stomachus, Ventriculus, Lat. ; Stomaco, Ventricolo, Ital. ; Estomac, Fr.; E Stontaco, Sp. ; — Intestine Or Bowel, Formerly Gut, Tripe, Entrail, Eng.; Dann., Germ.; Rzmpov, Gr. ; Intestinum, Lat.; Inicstino, Ital. Sp.; Intestin, Fr. It) ...
Subcl Avian Arteries
Subcl Avian Arteries (artericc Subclaviec, Lat. ; Arteres Sous-clavieres, Fr. ; Die Schliissclbein Pulsadern, Germ.). — These Arteries, Two In Number, Are The Great Vessels Destined To Supply The Upper Extremities With Blood. Each Passes To The Corresponding Ex Tremity As A Continuous Trunk, Which In Its Course Gives Off ...
Superior Tibio Fibular Articulation
Superior Tibio-fibular Articulation. —the Head Of The Fibula Is In Contact With The External Tuberosity Of The Tibia. The For Mer Is Furnished With An Articulating Surface Which Has An Aspect Upwards, Forwards, And In Wards, Whilst The Articular Facet On The Latter Is Placed Rather Towards The Posterior Part ...
Supra Renal Capsules
Supra-renal Capsules. (die Kebenniere, Germ. Capsular Suprarenal(s Seu Atrabilarice, Lat. Capsules Suprarenales, Atra Hilaires, Fr.)— In The Bodies Of Vertebrata We Find A Series Of Organs, Which Possess A Great Outward Resemblance To The Glands, But Distinguish Themselves From These By The Constant Absence Of A Duct. To This Class ...
Sweat
Sweat. — The Cutaneous Secretion Is Formed By The Spiral Sudoriferous Canals Dis Covered By Breschet And Purkinge. In Con Sidering This Subject It Is Important To Make The Distinction Between Sweat And That Ex Halation Which Is Constantly, And At The Same Time Insensibly, Excreting From The Healthy Skin. ...
Symmetry
Symmetry (avv—furpov). In Its General Acceptation This Word Means A Just And Har Monious Proportionment Of Parts To One Another And To Their Whole ; In Anatomy, How Ever, It Has A Different And More Restricted Meaning. With Its Anatomical Signification Alone I Have Now To Deal, And That May ...
Symmetry Of Disease
Symmetry Of Disease: This Subject Has Been Most Ably Treated By Dr. W. Budd *, Of Bristol. Those Local Diseases, The Cause Of Which Is In The Blood, Usually Affect The Solids Of The Body Symmetrically. This Can He Often Well Observed In Lepra, Psoriasis, Se Condary Syphilis, Gout, And ...
Sympathetic
Sympathetic Nerve.— The Term Sympathetic Nerve Is Applied To Denote A Series Of Ganglia Arranged Alon,,c, Each Side Of The Spinal Column, Connected By Intermediate Bands Of Nerve Fibres, So As To Present The Form Of Two Gangliated Cords. These Extend From The Upper Part Of The Cervical Rerrion To ...
Sympathy
Sympathy (ow-rabs).—sympathy May Be Defined As The Assumption By Different Individuals, Or By Different Parts Of The Same Individual, Of The Same Or An Analogous Physio Logical Or Pathological State At The Same Time, Or In Rapid Succession. It Is Popularly Known That The Act Of Yawning, Performed By One ...
Synovial Membranes
Synovial Membranes. - The Synovial Membranes Are Structures Exceedingly Analo Gous To The Preceding, And Consist Of A Layer Of Cell-growth, Which Covers The Inner Surface Of The Ligaments That Connect The Different Segments Of The Skeleton In The Diarthrodial Joints, And Which Thus Partially Lines The " Cavity " ...