Principles of general and comparative physiology : intended as an introduction to the study of human physiology : and as a guide to the philosophical pursuit of natural history / by William B. Carpenter.

  • William Benjamin Carpenter
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1839
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    digestion in, 272 ; nervous system in, 571; respiration in, 293 Myxine, 81 Natural classiiication, 48, 72 Naturalist, objects of the, 6, 48 Nasturtium, monstrosity in, 206 ; light of, 473 Naviculae, 113 Nautilus, 97*, 308, 569 Nematoidea, 94 Nepenthes, 26,239 Nereis, 91*, 392,8,474 Nerves, structure of, 44, 561 ; motor, 561, 586; sensory, 661, 515; sympa- thetic, 222, 561,582, 695 Nbrvoxjs system of Animal life, 561; of organic life, 661 ; functions of, 230. 561-3, 584-595; evolution of, 683 Neurine, 44 Neuro-skeleton, 82,3 Nitrogen, present in Vegetables, 17; in- fluence of, on vegetation, 379; on Animals, 421 Nostoc, 63, 553 Nuclior adnata, 116 Nurse-bees, 488 Nutrition-, 226*, 341-3, 367-8 Nycteribia, 89 Observation of vital phenomena, 4,6, 212, 213, 222 Odours of animals, 468; of plants, 449 CEsophagus, 263 Oils, secretion of, 445,9, 450, 468 Oleander, 428,9 Olfactive ganglia, 578, 580-3 Operculum of Fishes, 405; of Gasteropo- da, 101,3; T)f Mosses, 60 Ophidia, 79 (see Serpents) Opium, 446,454,5 Opposite leaves, 133 Optic gangha, 569, 578, 580-3 Orbicula, 103 OrchidecB, 23, 263, 449, 643 Organic compounds, 162; functions, 31, 40, 214 Oi'ganisation, 8; of fluids, 166; a vital process, 162,6, 343*, 352, 367 Organisable products, 343,9, 362 Organised structures, 8; actions of, 140- 166; aggregation of, 16 ; consistence of, 16; constitution of, 17; durability of, 18 ; form of, 13; size of, 14; ten- dency to decay in, 18 Organism, 8 Ornithorhyncus, 75, 641 Oscillatorice, 69, 653 Ossification, 40 Ostrich, 76, 492, 465 Otter-breed, 550 Ovarium, of Animals, 533 ; of Plants, 55; of Polypes, 116 Ovo-viviparous reproduction, 529, 538 Ovules of Plants, 524-7 Ovuliim of Animals, 533 Ovum, 529-32 Oxygen, absorbed by Animals, 419, 420 ; by Plants, 376; given out by Plants, 373,4 Pachydermata, 76, 278 Pseony, flovrer of, 64 Pancreas, 458, 464 PapaveracecB, 446, 464,5 ParamcEcium, 114, 268 n, 528 Parasitic Fungi, 66; grovsfths, 517 Parenchyma, 24, 53 Parotid gland, 459, 461 Particles, coloured of blood, 362,3 Par vagum, 570,572 Patella, 99, 543 Pavement of Basingstoke, 67 Pennatula, 119*, 136, 476 Pentacrinus, 107*, 136, 270 Perennibranchia, 408,9 Pericardium of Cephalopoda, 97 n Periodical changes, 157, 557 Permanence, of laws of Nature, 148; of forms of organised beings, 2; of inor- ganic masses, 1,10; occasional, of or- ganised structures, 10 n, 155-7 Perspiration, 434 Petals, 54 Petiole, 53 Phalsena strobilella, 242 Phanerogamia, 49; absorption in, 248; reproduction in,625,6; symmetry of, 133 Pharynx, 259 Phosphorescence, 473-7 Physalia, 108, 383,9 Physiological science, 3; difficulties in, 4 ; proper mode of pursuing, 5-7, 210, 211 Picromel, 463 Pileus of Fungi, 64, 522 Pine-tribe, 25, 50, 57* Pistil, 65, 525 Pitchers of Plants, 198, 239 Pith, 23, 57* Placenta, 540 Planorbis, 138 Plastic lymph, 364 Pollen, 55*, 518, 619,526 POLYGASTRICA, 109, 113*; digestion in, 268 ; circulation in, 293; reproduction in, 628-30 , respiration in, 388; sensi- bility of, 564 Polypidom, 116*, 118,120 POLYPIFEKA, 34, 69, 1]6*-120; circula- tion in, 116 n, 293; digestion in, 266,7 ; reproduction in, 529; respiration in, 388; symmetry of, 133 PoRiFERA, 34, 121*, 136; absorption in, 265; movement of fluid in, 121, 265 ; phosphorescence of, 476; reproduction in, 529; respiration in, 388 Pressure, influence of, 188 Primitive trace, 536, 583 Primrose, cowslip, &c., 543 Principle, 141; vital, 140-3 Progressive development, law of, 200 Property, use of tlie term, 150