The human body. A beginner's text-book of anatomy, physiology and hygiene (1884) (14782771062)

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Title: The human body. A beginner's text-book of anatomy, physiology and hygiene ..
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Martin, H. Newell (Henry Newell), 1848-1896 Martin, Hetty Cary, (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: Physiology
Publisher: New York, H. Holt and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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ite their parts. If you watch the cook cut up a pieceof suet, you will see the stringy connective tissue whichpenetrates it in all directions, and which must be re-moved from the fat because it will not melt in cook-ing. 5, Action of Alcohol upon Connective Tissue.—All intoxi-cating liquors, such as wine, brandy, whiskey, beer, etc.,contain alcohol and are known as alcoholic drinks. Onevery serious change in the body frequently produced bydrinking such, is an excessive growth of the connective-tissue networks, especially in the liver and the kidneys.The tissue becoming too abundant crushes and slowlydestroys the chief liver and kidney substance which itwas meant to protect and support. The results are in-curable diseases. (See pp. 132, 189.) 6. The Bony Skeleton (Fig. 3), like the body itself, maybe described as consisting of head, neck, trunk, and 5. What are alcoholic drinks ? How do they affect connective tissue? 6. Of what parts does the bony skeleton consist ? THE SKELETON-. 15
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Fig. 3.—The bony skeleton. <z, h^ the skull; r, ^, the back-bone; d, the breast-bone; «, the collar-bone; /, the humerus; y, the ulna; g^ the radius; h^ the carpalbones; z, the metacarpal bones; k^ the phalanges of the fingers; j, the hip-bone;r, the thigh-bone; g, the knee-pan; /. the shin-bone or tibia; m, the fibula; «, thetarsal bones; o^ the metatarsal bones; /, the phalanges of the toes. i6 THE BACK-BONE, limbs. Its central part, which bearsall the rest, is a stout, bony pillar, theback-bone^ c, e, on the top of which is theskull. 7. The Back-Bone, Vertebral Column,or Spine, is represented in side view inFig. 4. Its upper part is made oftwenty-four short thick bones piledone upon another, and each called avertebra. Between each pair of verte-brae there is placed during life an elas-tic cartilaginous cushion. The lowerpart of the spine consists of twobones; a large one, the sacrum^ extend-ing from S\ to Co\\ and a much small-er, the coccyx^ reaching from Coi to theend. Pro