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THE NEW STUDENT'S REFERENCE WORK

6. THE HEART:

7. THE LUNGS:

8. THE BRAIN:

9. THE EYE: 643.

10. THE EAR: 572.

a. Auricles: chambers of the heart that receive blood 853.

b. Ventricles: chambers of the heart that expel blood 853.

c. Partition: separating the right and left cavities 853.

d. Valves: which regulate the flow of the blood in the

heart 853.

e. Arteries: tubes which carry blood away from the heart

113.

f. Veins: tubes which carry blood toward the heart 853.

g. Capillaries: which carry blood from veins to arteries

853.

h. Pulse: distension of arteries by blood pressure 1560. i. Valves in veins: to prevent back flow of blood 853.

a. Trachea or windpipe: the air passage through the

throat 1603.

b. Bronchi: the two branches of the windpipe 1603.

c. Bronchial tubes: small tubes branching through the

lungs 1603.

d. Air sacs: ends of tubes in lungs 1603.

a. Cerebrum: the fore part of the brain 257.

b. Cerebellum: the hind part of the brain 257.

c. Medulla Oblongata: between brain and spinal cord 257.

a. Scleratic coat: the tough outer coat which forms the

cornea.

b. Choroid coat: the dark middle coat which forms the

iris.

c. Retina: the delicate inner coat, made up of cells, rods

and cones.

d. Vitreous humor: transparent fluid in the main cavity

of the eyeball.

e. Aqueous humor: transparent fluid filling the front cav-

ity of the eyeball.

f. Crystalline lens: which focuses the light upon the

retina.

g. Optic nerve: which carries sensations to the brain.

a. Outer ear: the part outside the head and the tube

leading inward.

b. Middle ear: containing the hammer, the anvil and the

stirrup.

c. Inner ear: containing the cochlea and the semicircular

canals.

d. Tympanic membrane: between the outer and middle

ear.

e. Eustachian tube: the air passage from throat to middle

ear.

11. THE TONGUE: a muscular organ within the mouth 1922.

12. THE NOSE: the external organ of the sense of smell 1362.

13. THE SALIVARY GLANDS:

14 THE TEETH-

a- Parot'd: in front of each ear 1665.

b. Submaxillary: under the lower jaw 1665.

c Sublingual: under the tongue 1665.

f a. Enamel: the outside of teeth, hardest substance in the human body 1880.

b. Dentine: a bony substance produced from the dermls

1880.

c. Pulp: the living substance inside of teeth 1880.

2275