Buckmaster's Elements of animal physiology / by John Angell.

  • Angell, John
Date:
1866
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Credit: Buckmaster's Elements of animal physiology / by John Angell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. Why are certain nerves termed cerebral, and what organs and parts of the body are snpplied by those nerves ? 3. What is the ultimate structure of nervous substance as re- vealed by the microscope ? 4. What is meant by the “irritation” of a nerve; and when a nerve is irritated, what takes place in the parts with which it is connected ? 5. Where is the nervous apparatus of the sense of touch lodged, and how may the degi'ee of the acuteness of that sense in different parts of the body be estimated ? 6. Where is the organ of the sense of smell situated ? Explain what takes place in the respiratory organs when one snuffs up an odour ; and what is the use of that operation ? 7. What is the ordinary temperature of the body, and how is that temperature kept up and regulated ? 8. Describe the structure of any joint between bones freely moveable on one another. 9. How is the eye moyed, and how are the eyelids raised and depressed ? Note.—Three hours were allowedfor each paper. Questions given at the Exa7ninatio7i of Sciejice Schools and Classes, '^rd May, 1865. PAPER ON ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY. General Instructions. Three hours are allowed for this paper. You are only permitted to attempt eight questions. You may select your questions from Series I., or from Series II., or from both. The value attached to the correct answer of each question in Series I. is 10 ; and of each question in Series II. is 20. N.B.—A full and exact answer will in all cases gain more marks than an inexact or incomplete one ; though in the former case the question may be the more easy of the two, and have less value attached to it.