Elementary biology : descriptive and experimental / by John Thornton.

  • Thornton, John
Date:
1907
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Credit: Elementary biology : descriptive and experimental / by John Thornton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INDEX The numbers refer to the paragraphs, and not to the pages. A Abdomen, the human, 75 ; of cat, 89 Absorption of water by roots, 45- 48 ; of food by animals, 108 Acetabulum, 81 Afferent nerves, 88 Air, biological importance of, 9 ; chemical composition of, 44 ; respired air, 100 Air-cells of lungs, 98 Alse of bean flower, 35 Albumen, no, 112 Alburnum, 28 Aleurone, 20 Alimentary canal, the human, 75, 102 Alternation of generations in fern, 41 Alveoli, 98 Amoeba, 3 Andrcecium, 16 Animals, kinds of, 5 ; characters of, 7, 8 ; dispersal of seeds by, 66 Ankle, 81 Annual rings, 28 Annular cells, 21 Annulus, 40 Anther, 16, 18, 35 Antheridia, 41 Aorta, 95, 96 Archegonia, 41 Arms, the human, 80 Arterial blood, 97 Arteries, 96 Articulation, 76, 82 Assimilation, 2 I., 51, 55 ; com- pared with respiration, 59 Atlas, 77, 86 Atmosphere (see Air), relation of green plants to, 53 Auricle of heart, 95 Axil, 15 Axis, the, 77 B Ball-and-socket joint, 82 Bark, 28 Bast, 26 Bean plant, life-history of, 29-35 > compared with wheat germina- tion, 68 Beat of heart, 96 Biceps muscle, 86 Bile, 107, 109 Biological division of labour, 5 Biology, 2 Bladder, 75 Blood, 94, 97 ; circulation of, 96 ; functions of, 94 Blood fibrin, 94 Body, general build of, 75 Bones, uses of, 76 ; structure of, 83 Botany, 2 Bracken fern, 37-42
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