Vision
Vision. — (fr. Vision, From Latin Visio, From Video, Virus, Sight.) — The Faculty Of Seeing Is One Of The Chief Means By Which Living Creatures Are Brought Into Relation With The World Around, And Is The Especial Means By Which They Are Enabled To Appreciate The Wonderful Pheno Mena ...
Vital
Vital Capacity.— There Are Two Ways Of Measuring The Permeability Of The Lungs, Or The Volumes Of Air Which They Can Displace, Viz. By Measuring The Actual Movement Or Mobility Of The Thoracic Boundaries, Or By Directly Measuring The Absolute Cubic Inches Of The Volume Of Air Expired. The Former ...
Vital Properties Of Tue
Vital Properties Of Tue Fifth Pair Of Discussion Of The Vital Properties Of The Fifth Nerve The Writer Pro Poses May Be Fitly Arranged Under The Following Heads: 1. Its Sensibility ; 2. Its Influence Upon The Faculties Of Sensation And Volition, As Also Upon The Ordinary Sensibility Of The ...
Voice Of Reptiles
Voice Of Reptiles. - The Mechanism Of The Vocal Organs In Reptiles Presents Very Diver Sified Forms. The Larynx Varies Considerably In Structure, Not Only In Different Orders, But In Different Genera Of The Same Family. It Would Therefore Be Impossible To Compress Within The Limits Assigned To This Article ...
Wrist Joint
Wrist-joint (radio-carpal Articula Tion), Normal Anatomy Of Tiie.— The Ar Ticulation Of The Wrist Results From The Union Of The Bones Of The Fore-arm With Those Of The Hand, And Is Constituted By The Contact Of The Lower Surfaces Of The Radius And Of The Trian Gular Interarticular Cartilage With ...
Xetov
Xetov, Formed From Axexx(o, To Dry, Is, In Anatomy, Ordinarily Applied To Denote That Assemblage And Arrangement Of All The Osseous Pieces Of An Animal Framework In Such Con Nection And Relationary Order As The Hand Of Nature Has Disposed Them For Fitting Operation In The Living Body. The Less ...