The Nervous System
The Nervous System. Sir 13. Brodie Demonstrated By A Series Of The Most Ingeniously Conceived And Happily Executed Experiments, That When Animals Were Decapitated And Respiration Was Kept Up By Artificial Means, So That The Blood Circulated As Usual, And The Process Of Change From The Venous To The Arterial ...
The Parovarium
The Parovarium. Syn. Corpus Conicum. Areben-eierstock. Organ Of Rosenmiiller. These Names Have Been Applied At Various Times To An Organ Which Has Hitherto Received Little Attention, But Which Is Nevertheless In Variably Present In Close Proximity To The Ovary. The First Discovery Of This Body Is Due To Rosenmilller F, ...
The Popliteal Artery
The Popliteal Artery Is Simply A Conti Nuation Of The Femoral, And Is So Named Immedi Ately After The Latter Vessel Has Passed Through The Elliptical Aperture Of The Adductor Muscles ; This Opening Is Bounded Above By The United Tendons Of The Adductor Longus And Adductor Magnus Muscles ; ...
The Pulse
The Pulse (gr. Onrypor, Creputss, Lat. Pulsus, Fr. Pouls, Ger. Puls, Dut. Pols, Ital. Paso, Span. Pulso).— The Nature And Cause Of The Pulse Have Already Been Examined In An Earlier Part Of This Work.* It Is Proposed To Consider It, In This Place, As A Separate And Independent Subject, ...
The Relation Of The
The Relation Of The Pulse To The Respiration. — The Proportion Which The Pulse Bears To The Respiration Has Been Va Riously Stated By Authors. Quetelet Et', Parry Burdach, And The Greater Number Of Physio Logists Estimate It As 4 To 1; Joy As 4a- To 1; And Floyer As ...
The Salivary Glands
The Salivary Glands (les Glandes Salivaires, Fr. : Die Speieliel-driisen, Germ. ; Le Glandule Salivali, Ital.), A Series Of Conglomerate Glands, Arranged In A Curved Manner, And Following The Circumfe Rence Of The Inferior Maxilla From The Posterior Border Of One Side To That Of The Other, And Pouring Their ...
The Spinal Cord And
The Spinal Cord And Its Nerves: Huber, De Medulla Spinali, 1741. Frotscher, Descript. Me Dul. Spinalts. Ejusq. Nervorum, 1788, And 1 N Lud Wig, Script. Neurol. Min., T. Iv. Keuffel, Disscrt. De Medul. Spinal., 1810, And In Reil'a Archiv, T. X. Nicolai, Dissert. De Medulla Spinali Avium, 1811. Rachctti, Della ...
The Urethra
The Urethra.- Anatomists Describe The Urethra As A Canal Presenting A Double Curva Ture, Of Which The Anterior Segment Is Highly Moveable, And Of Which The Posterior Is In A Great Measure Fixed. The Anterior Segment (comprising The Spongy Portion Of The Urethra From The Meatus Urinarius To The Vicinity ...
The Urinary Bladder In
The Urinary Bladder In Man Is Deeply Seated In The Anterior Inferior Part Of The Pelvis : It Is Composed Of Different Tissues, Membranous And Muscular, Both Calculated To Yield And To Expand To A Slightly Distending Force, So As To Form A Recipient Reservoir, While The Latter Is Fitted ...
Thorax
Thorax (.ao;pat From Aopho To Leap, Be Cause In It The Heart Beats). " The Habitation Of The Breathing Parts." — That Part Of The Human Body Destined To Contain The Lungs And Heart, And By Its Movements To Maintain The Function Of Respiration. Generally By The Term Thorax Is ...
Thymus Gl
Thymus Gl And.—(fren Ch, Le Thymus; Italian, Tiny; German, Die Brustdruse ; Lat., Thymus; Greek, Evpoe.)— It Is Proposed In This Article To Adopt The Following Arrange Ment : First, To Treat Of The Gland As It Exists In The Human Subject, Comprehending Its Ordi Nary And Structural Anatomy, And ...
Thyroid Gland
Thyroid Gland. (french, Glande Thyroide ; German, Die Schilddruse ; Italian, Tiroidea Glandola ; Latin, Glandula Thyroidcea.) The Organ Which Has Received This Name Is A Bilobed Glandular Body, Situated In The Human Subject In Close Proximity To The Larynx, From The Prominent Cartilage Of Which It Has Pro Bably ...
Tibial Arteries Ii
Tibial Arteries.) Ii. Lirgion Tf The Toes.—in The Natural State The Toes Are Covered By A Skin, Soft And Pliable, Except The Extreme Phalanx, The Dorsal Surface Of Which Is Defended By The Nail, For The Struc Ture And Arrangement Of Which We Refer To The Article Teguaientary System. Under ...
Tiie Muscles Of Tile
Tiie Muscles Of Tile Face Are Arranged Around The Orifices Of The Eyelids, The Nose, And The Mouth, And May Be Divided Into Constrictors And Dilators Of These Apertures. The Nostrils, However, Undergo But Little Vari Ation In Their Dimensions, Being Maintained Permanently Open By The Elastic Cartilages Which Form ...
Tile Result Of Accident
I. Abnormal Conditions, Tile Result Of Accident. Fractures And Imrations. — Simple Frac Tures Of The Bones Of The Hand Are Seldom Followed By Any Notable Deformity ; But Lux Ations Of These Bones Require From Us Some Attention Here. Lunation Of The Bones Qf The Carpus.—the Bones Of The ...
Tility Ii
Tility.) Ii. The Tissues Of The Animal Body Are Pos Sessed Of Very Various Degrees Of Elasticity; Some Of Them Are But Little Inferior To The Most Highly Elastic Unorganized Substances, While Others Are Endowed With This Property In So Very Trifling A Degree, That In Our Physiological And Pathological ...
Tong Ue
Tong Ue. Course Of The Mucous Membrane.—the Mu Cous Membrane Of The Mouth Is Continuous With That Of The Pharynx And Larynx. Com Mencing With The Gums Anteriorly, It Passes Upon The Exterior Surfaces Of The Upper And Lower Maxillary Bones, And From Thence Is Re Flected On The Cheeks ...
Tue Pulse
Tue Pulse.- This Subject Demands A More Minute Examination Than It Has Yet Received; For It Is Extremely/ Interesting In A Physiolo Gical Point Of View. All The Older And Several Comparatively Modern Authorities Agree In Representing The Pulse As More Frequent In The Evenim, Than In The Morning. Hallert, ...
Tunicata
Tunicata. (tuniciers, Fr.; Earkt Ilinscheter And Sce-scheiden, Germ.) —the Tunica Ta Are Molluscous Animals, Having No Calcified Shell, But A More Or Less Coriaceous Envelope Or Tunic, Whence Their Name. This External Coat Or Test Is Either Bag-shaped And Provided With Two Apertures, Or Is Tube-shaped And Open At The ...
Typhous Deposit
Typhous Deposit. In The Form Of Continued Fever Anatomically Characterized By Alteration Of Structure In The Glandular Textures Of The Small Intestine, A Peculiar Substance Of New Formation (as First Accurately Described By M. Louis*) Is Dis Covered In The Cellular Membrane Between The Mucous And Muscular Coats Of The ...
Urine
Urine. — Lat. Urina ; Gr. Ra Otpov ; French, L'urine; Ital. L'urina; Germ. Das Hams. The Urine May Be Defined As That Fluid Which Is Eliminated By The Kidneys In The Dis Charge Of Their Excretory Function. The Human Urine Being That Of An Omnivo Rous Feeder, Differs Materially ...
Urine In Disease
Urine In Disease. With Respect To The Urine Of The Human Subject, It Has Been Shown That Considerable Variation Occurs In Health According To The Modifications Which May Have Been Made In Diet. The Urine Of The Lower Animals Is Doubt Less, To A Certain Extent, Amenable To The Same ...
Urine Of Animals
Urine Of Animals. The Urine Of Animals Varies Much In Cha Racter, According To The Kind Of Food Taken. Thus, There Are Striking Differences Between The Urine Of The Carnivora And The Herbivora. The Urine Of Carnivorous Animals Is Ge Nerally Acid When Discharged, But Becomes Alkaline And Ammoniacal Very ...