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Behind the drum of the ear is a second cavity , or barrel , called the tympanum .
The eustachian tube is a slender pipe , but sufficient for the passage of air ,
leading from this cavity into the back part of the mouth . Now , it would not have
done to ...
Behind the drum of the ear is a second cavity , or barrel , called the tympanum .
The eustachian tube is a slender pipe , but sufficient for the passage of air ,
leading from this cavity into the back part of the mouth . Now , it would not have
done to ...
Pagina 31
Bad ef' fects therefore followed from this cavity being left open to the external air ;
yet , had the Author of nature shut it up by any other cover , than what was
capable , by its texture , of receiving vibrations from sound , and , by its connexion
with ...
Bad ef' fects therefore followed from this cavity being left open to the external air ;
yet , had the Author of nature shut it up by any other cover , than what was
capable , by its texture , of receiving vibrations from sound , and , by its connexion
with ...
Pagina 63
... the afore , of the elevating muscles does the business ; whereas , if the ribs had
been articulated with the bodies of the vertebræ at right angles , the cavity of the
thorax could never have been farther enlarged by a change of their position .
... the afore , of the elevating muscles does the business ; whereas , if the ribs had
been articulated with the bodies of the vertebræ at right angles , the cavity of the
thorax could never have been farther enlarged by a change of their position .
Pagina 64
The muscles of respiration are excited alternately , to dilate or to contract the
cavity of the chest , and , in doing so , to raise or to depress the ribs . Hence it is ,
that both in inspiration and in expiration the elasticity of the ribs is called into play
...
The muscles of respiration are excited alternately , to dilate or to contract the
cavity of the chest , and , in doing so , to raise or to depress the ribs . Hence it is ,
that both in inspiration and in expiration the elasticity of the ribs is called into play
...
Pagina 72
For the continual secretion of this important liniment , and for the feeding of the
cavities of the joint with it , glands are ... the excretory ducts of which glands
dripping with their balsamic contents , hang loose like fringes within the cavity of
the ...
For the continual secretion of this important liniment , and for the feeding of the
cavities of the joint with it , glands are ... the excretory ducts of which glands
dripping with their balsamic contents , hang loose like fringes within the cavity of
the ...
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