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The entire substance of the spleen at an early period is almost entirely composed of nuclei and granular matter.
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Substance
Composed
Entirely
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Bone is one of the hardest structures of the animal body; it possesses also a certain degree of toughness and elasticity.
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Animal
Elasticity
Toughness
Bone
Certain Degree
Possesses
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The earliest period at which I have been able to detect the existence of the spleen in the human embryo is at the second month.
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Month
Detect
Period
Earliest
Embryo
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I believe that the power which the spleen possesses of regulating its amount of blood depends entirely upon mechanical properties.
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Amount
Blood
Depends
Power Believe I Believe
Entirely
Mechanical
Possesses
Properties
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In the imperfect records left of the anatomy of the ancient Egyptians, no trace of any knowledge of the spleen can be ascertained.
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Knowledge
Anatomy
Imperfect
Left
Records
Ascertained
Egyptians
Trace
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The muscles are connected with the bones, cartilages, ligaments, and skin, either directly or through the intervention of fibrous structures called tendons or aponeuroses.
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Bones
Connected
Intervention
Muscles
Skin
Directly
Either
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In the dissection of the muscles, attention should be directed to the exact origin, insertion, and actions of each, and to its more important relations with surrounding parts.
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Attention
Muscles
Actions
Directed
Exact
Origin
Parts
Relations
Surrounding
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The vesicles of the spleen, which form one of the most important elements of this organ in its mature state, are not developed until the period of incubation is near to its completion.
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Completion
Elements
Mature
Developed
Period
Near
Organ
The Most Important
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The eyeball is contained in the cavity of the orbit. In this situation, it is securely protected from injury, whilst its position is such as to ensure the most extensive range of sight.
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Injury
Orbit
Protected
Range
Sight
Contained
Ensure
Extensive
Whilst
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I have removed the spleen from a dog, from cats, and rabbits. In all cases, the animals survived the operation and did not appear to be in the least affected by the absence of the organ.
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Absence
Affected
Cases
Dog
Rabbits
Survived
Animals
Appear
Cats
Operation
Organ
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The general framework of the body is built up mainly of a series of bones, supplemented, however, in certain regions by pieces of cartilage; the bony part of the framework constitutes the skeleton.
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Bones
Framework
Regions
Series
General
However
Mainly
Skeleton
Supplemented
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The appendages of the skin are the nails, the hairs, the sudoriferous and sebaceous glands, and their ducts. The nails and hairs are peculiar modifications of the epidermis, consisting essentially of the same cellular structure as that membrane.
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Cellular
Glands
Nails
Peculiar
Structure
Skin
Consisting
Essentially
Hairs
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The arteries are found in nearly every part of the animal body, with the exception of the hairs, nails, and epidermis; and the larger trunks usually occupy the most protected situations, running, in the limbs, along the flexor side, where they are less exposed to injury.
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Running
Animal
Exception
Exposed
Injury
Limbs
Nails
Protected
Side
Nearly
Hairs
Occupy
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Surgical Anatomy is, to the student of medicine and surgery, the most essential branch of anatomical science, having reference more especially to an accurate knowledge of the more important regions, and consisting in the application of anatomy generally to the practice of surgery.
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Knowledge
Science
Accurate
Anatomy
Application
Important
Medicine
Practice
Regions
Surgery
More
Branch
Consisting
Student
Essential
Generally
Having
Reference
Surgical
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Descriptive Anatomy comprises a detailed account of the numerous organs of which the body is formed, especially with reference to their outward form, their internal structure, the mutual relations they bear to each other, and the successive conditions they present during their development.
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Anatomy
Conditions
Mutual
Organs
Structure
Account
Bear
Descriptive
Detailed
Formed
Internal
Numerous
Outward
Reference
Successive
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Fracture of the patella may be produced by muscular action or by direct violence. When produced by muscular action, it occurs thus: a person in danger of falling forwards attempts to recover himself by throwing the body backwards, and the violent action of the quadriceps extensor upon the patella snaps the bone transversely across.
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Backwards
Danger
Direct
Snaps
Throwing
Violence
Across
Attempts
Bone
Falling
Forwards
Muscular
Occurs
Produced
Recover
Thus
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