Outlines of comparative anatomy : intended principally for the use of students / by Andrew Fyfe.

  • Fyfe, Andrew, 1754-1824.
Date:
1813
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Credit: Outlines of comparative anatomy : intended principally for the use of students / by Andrew Fyfe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    4:. Zoophytes strictly so called.—The productions of Polypi, having a Medullary Body traversed by a Horny Substance, and the Branches terminated by the Polypi. Tubularia^ Tubulated Coralline. Sertularia, Sea-moss. &c. 5. Eschar A.—Where each Polypus is contained in a Calcareous or Horny Shell, without any central Axis, Flustra, Matweed. Corallinuy Common Corallines. &c. 6. Ceratophyta.—Where there is a Horny Axis, co- vered with a Fleshy Substance, from the cavities of which Polypi occasionally appear. Gorgojtia, Sea-fan. Cor allium. Coral. Pennatula, Feather-like Coralline, or Sea-pen. &c. 7. Lythophyta.—In which there is a Stony Axis, with cavities serving as the Receptacles of, and formed by. Polypi. Madripora, Madripore. Millepora, Millepore. S. Spongia.—With a Spongy, Friable, and Fibrous Substance. Alcinonif Alcionum. Spongiay Sponge. b4 CONTENTS