Outlines of comparative physiology : touching the structure and development of the races of animals, living and extinct / by Louis Agassiz and A.A. Gould.

Date:
1851
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Credit: Outlines of comparative physiology : touching the structure and development of the races of animals, living and extinct / by Louis Agassiz and A.A. Gould. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Page CHAPTER FOURTH. Of Intelligence and Instinct 86 Perception .......... 86 CHAPTER FIFTH. Of Motion 91 SECTION I. Apparatus of Motion .... . . . . 91 Voluntary and Involuntary Muscles, 92—Microscopic Anatomy of Muscular Fibre, 90—94—Ciliary Motions, 95—Skeleton of Polyps, 100—Ecliinidae, 101—Asteriad®, 102—Crinoideae, 103 —MoUusca, 104—Articulata, 105—Vertebrata, 106. SECTION II. Organs of Locomotion . 109 Skeleton of Man, 111—Composition of the Bones in Fishes, 113 —Reptiles, 113—Birds, 113—Mammals, 113—Analysis of Bones, 114—Microscopic Structure of Bones, 115—The Head, 116— The Orbits, 123—The Trunk, 126—The Cervical Vertebrae, 127 —The Dorsal Vertebrae, 129—The Lumbar Vertebrae, 130— The Sacrum, 131—The Coccyx, 131—The Vertebrae, 131— Comparative Table of the number of the Vertebrae, 134— The Thorax, 135—The Pelvic Arch, 136—The Thigh, 138— The Leg, 139—The Foot, 139—The Tarsus, 140—The Meta- tarsus, 140—Toes, 140—The Scapular arch, 141—The Scapula* 142—The Clavicle, 143—The Humerus, 143—The Hand, 146 —The Carpus, 146—The Metacarpus, 146—The Phalanges, 147— 1. Plan of the Organs of Locomotion in the Vertebrata, 148— 2. Of Standing, and the Modes of Progression, 152— Walking, 154—Running, 155—Leaping, 155—Climbing, 155— Flight, 156—Swimming, 157. CHAPTER SIXTH. Nutrition 159 SECTION I. Of Digestion IGO The Polypifera, 160—The Infusoria, 161—The Acalephae, 162 —The Echinoderms, 163—The Bryozooan Polypifera, 165—The Tuuicated Mollusca, 166—The Conchifera, 166—The Gastero- poda, 167—The Cephalopoda, 171—The Annelida, 172—The Crustacea, 173—The Arachnida, 174—Insects, 174—The Ver- tehrata, 178—Organs of Mastication, 185—Insalivatiou, 191— Prehension, 193.