A treatise on anatomy, physiology and hygiene - designed for colleges, academies and families (1850) (14804613023)

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Title: A treatise on anatomy, physiology and hygiene : designed for colleges, academies and families
Year: 1850 (1850s)
Authors: Cutter, Calvin, 1807-1873?
Subjects: Physiology Anatomy Hygiene Anatomy Physiology Hygiene
Publisher: Boston : B.B. Mussey
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons



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, The aorta, p, The pulmonary arteryI, The brancli of the pulmonary artery that divides in the left lung. 2, The branchthat divides in the right lung. TJje divisions of tliis artery continue to divide and subdivide, until they becomeno larger than hairs in size. These minute vessels pass over the air-cetla,representedby small-dark points around the margin of the lungs. 345. The aorta proceeds from the left ventricle of theheart, and contains the pure, or arterial blood. This trunkgives off branches, which divide and subdivide to their ulti-mate ramifications, constituting the great arterial tree whichpervades, by its minute subdivisions, every part of the animalframe. This great artery and its divisions, with their return-ing veins, constitute the greater, or systemic circulation. What does this artery and its c rresponding veins establish? Explainfig. 69. 345. Describe the aorta. What do this artery and its corre-sponding veins comstitiitc ? ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND HYGIENE. Fi-. 70.
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Fig. 70 The aorta and its branches. 1, The commencement of the aorta2, The arch of the aorta. 3, The carotid artery. 4, The temporal artery.. 5, Thesubclavian artery. 6, The axillary artery. 7, The brachial artery. 8, The radialartery. 9, The ulnar artery. 10, The iliac artery. 11, The femoral artery. 12, Thetibial artery. 13. The peroneal artery. 346. The veins are the vessels which return the blood tothe auricles of the heart, after it has been circulated bv th» What does fig. 70 represent ? 346. What are the reins ? A>,\VTOMY OF THE CIRCITLATORY ORGANS. 161 aitenes tlirough the various tissues of the body. They arctliinner and more delicate in structure than the arteries, sothat when emptied of their blood, they become flattened and■collapsed. The veins commence by minute radicles in thecapillaries, which are every where distributed through thetextures of the body, and coalesce to constitute larger andlarger branches, till they terminate in the large trunks whichconvey the da