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CHAP. VIII. 



Muscular System. 



Structure of the Muscles. Filaments, tendons. Simple, 

 ventriform, radiated, penniform, and compound 

 muscles. Voluntary and involuntary. Effect of 

 excitement. Lose their tenacity at death. Circu- 

 lar and longitudinal muscles. 122 



Provision for resting. Proneness. Grasping. Suc- 

 tion. Cementation. . . 128 



Motions executed. Standing. Walking. Suckers. 



Leaping. Flying. Swimming. Sleep. * .ISO 



CHAP. IX. 



Nervous System. 



Structure of the Nervous System. Brain, its integu- 

 ments, concretions and medullary matter, cere- 

 brum, cerebellum. Spinal Marrow. Nerves, neu- 

 rilema, plexus, ganglion. Termination of the 

 Nerves. . . : ,141 



Varieties of Structure in different Animals. . 149 



Nervous System in Action. The Brain. Nerves, sen- 

 sation, volition, involuntary motion, ganglia. Re- 

 pairing power of the Nerves. Nervous energy 

 neither electrical nor magnetical. . 15% 



CHAP. X. 



Organs of Perception. 



They intimate at first the presence only of bodies. 

 Meaning of the terms Sensation, Perception, and 

 Idea: . . '. 164 



1. Sense of Touch. 



The Organs in which it resides. Mode of excitement. 



Information which it communicates. 16? 



