CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



THE CAT S ORGANS OF RESPIRATION AND SECRETION. 



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1. In what respiration consists . 220 



2. The elimination of water and 



the generation of heat . . 222 



3. The trachea . . . .223 



4. The lungs 224 



5. The mechanism of respiration . 225 



6. The larynx . . . . 226 



7. The voice . . . .229 



8. Secretion, in what it consists . 230 



9. Waste products . . .232 



10. The kidneys . . . . 232 



11. The ureters . . . .235 



12. The bladder . . . . 235 



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13. The supra-renal capsules . . 237 



14. The thyroid body . . . 237 



15. The thymus .... 237 



16. Other ductless glands . . . 237 



17. The spleen . . . .238 



18. The mammary glands . . . 239 



19. Reproduction . . . .240 



20. The male generative organs . . 241 



21. Thetestis . . . .243 



22. Its product . . . . 245 



23. The female generative organs . 245 



24. The ovary 248 



25. Its product . . . .250 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE CAT S NERVOUS SYSTEM AND ORGANS OF SENSE. 



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1. Preliminary view of the functions 



of the nervous system . . 252 



2. Sensation 253 



3. The main divisions of the nervous 



system .... 253 



4. Nervous tissue . . . . 253 



5. Membranes of the cerebro-spinal 



axis 256 



6. The spinal cord or myelon . . 257 



7. The brain 259 



8. The nerves . . . .269 



9. The olfactory nerves . . . 270 



10. The optic nerve . . . 270 



11. The third and fourth nerves . 271 



12. The fifth nerve . . . . 271 



13. The sixth and seventh nerves . 273 



14. The eighth nerve . . . 274 



15. The ninth, tenth, eleventh, and 



twelfth nerves . . . 274 



16. Summary of the cranial nerves 275 



17. The spinal nerves . . .276 



18. The brachial plexus and nerves 



of the fore-limb . . . 278 



19. The plexus and nerves of the 



hind-limb . . . . 281 



20. The nerves of the tail . . 283 



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21. The sympathetic system . . 283 



22. The organ of touch . . .285 



23. The organ of taste . . . 285 



24. The organ of smell . . . 286 



25. The organ of sight . . . 288 



26. The organ of hearing . . 295 



27. Analogies between the ear and 



the eye 303 



28. The function of the nervous 



system generally . . . 304 



29. Conditions of its exercise . . 307 



30. The functions of the spinal nerves. 307 



31. The functions of the cranial 



nerves .... 309 



32. The functions of the spinal cord 309 



33. The functions of the medulla 



oblongata . . . . 310 



34. The functions of the pons varolii, 



corpora quadrigemina and 

 cerebellum . . . .311 



35. The functions of the cerebrum . 312 



36. The functions of the sympathetic 



system . .... 312 



37. Sleep 313 



38. External and internal sensations 313 



