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.
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![GENERAL AND GLOSSARIAL INDEX. I Note.—The Arabic figures refer, not to the pages, but to the numbered sections; the Roman numerals indicate the pages of the Introduction. A, a Greek prefix, signifying gene- rally “ without,” as in Abran- chiata (without gills, /3|Oayxt«)> which see. Abdo'men (Lat. abdo, I conceal), the posterior and principal cavity of the animal, containing the bowels and many other viscera. The abdomen is distinct from the thorax in crustaceans, spiders and insects, 60. Abranchia'ta (Gr. d, without; (3payxia, gills), moUusks devoid of giUs, xxii. Acale'pha (Gr. ciKaXrjtpr], a nettle), radiates with soft skins, which have the property of stinging like a nettle, xxiii. Acale'phae, digestion in the, 315. Ac'arus (Gr. dicapi, a mite), arach- nides, as the cheese-mite and allied species. Aceph'ala, Aceph'alous (Gr. d, with- out; KsdaXrj, head), headless; animals in which a distinct head is never developed, xxii. 662. Acetab'ula (Lat. acetabulum, a shal- low cup), fleshy sucking cups, with which many of the inverte- brate animals are provided. Acetab'ulum, the, in man, 263. Ac'ini (Lat. acinum, a berry), the secreting parts of glands, which are suspended hke grains or small berries to a slender stem. Acotyl'edons, plants without a dis- tinct cotyledon, 69. Acous'tic (Gr. d/covo, I hear), ap- pertaining to sound, or the organ of hearing. Ac'rita (Gr. dicpiTog, confused), a term applied to the lowest ani- mals, in which the organs, and especially the nervous system, were supposed to be confusedly blended with the other tissues. Actin'ia (Gr. Iiktiv, a ray), polyps with many anns radiating from around the mouth. Actino'ceras (Gr. cIktiv, a ray; KEpag, a horn), a generic term signifying the radiated disposition of the horns or feelers. Actin'oids, polyps, as the coral- polyps, xxiii. Adipose' (Lat. adeps, fat), fatty. Affinities and analogies, 16. Ages of nature, 656—690. Air, changes effected in, by respir- ation, 393. A'lar (Lat. ala, a wing), belonging to a wing. Albu'men (Latin), the white of an egg, 446. Albu'minous, consisting of albumen. Al'iform (Lat. aliformis), shaped like a wing. Aliment'ary canal, the, 312. AUmenta'tion, or nutrition, 62. Allan'tois (Greek), a vesicular organ](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21958488_0453.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
