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GLANDULAR SYSTEM. 







Q. How do you explain the coexistence of extensive 

 disease of the liver, and yet a secretion of healthy bile? 



#. The cellular texture of the organ is diseased, while 

 the peculiar glandular structure is unaffected. 



Q. There are two causes for the size of the female 

 breast, what are they ? 



*#. It may be large from the size of the gland, and from 

 an undue portion of cellular texture is another. 



Q. How do the glands receive their arteries? 



Jl. Those not invested with membranous expansions 

 receive their blood-vessels, on all sides, from the sur- 

 rounding parts. Those which have membranous cover- 

 ings receive these vessels at one point, usually in a fissure, 

 and they enter at that part of the gland which is least ex- 

 posed to external injury. 



Q. What are the ultimate arterial ramifications in a 

 gland ? 



#. Each glandular grain receives a capillary artery. 



Q. Has arterial motion any other effect on a gland than 

 to circulate its blood? 



A. Yes; it communicates an internal motion, very fa- 

 vourable to their functions. 



Q. How does disease of the right auricle of the heart 

 affect the liver ? 



Ji. By obstructing the flow of blood from the hepatic 

 vein, it has a direct congestive influence on the liver. 

 Hence at least one cause of the frequent simultaneous oc- 

 currence of diseased heart and liver. 



Q. In what glands is there most blood ? 



#. It is in greatest quantity in the liver and kidney; 

 and there is least blood in the pancreas, salivary, and la- 

 chrymal glands. 



