TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



ART. SECT. 



I. INTRODUCTION. 



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1. ,, What Physiology is i 



2. ,, Animals move of their own accord . . i 



3. ,, Animals are warm 3 



4. ,, Why animals are warm and move about — 



they burn 4 



5. ,, The need of Oxygen 5 



6. „ The waste matters . . , . . 5 



II. THE PARTS OF WHICH THE BODY 



IS MADE UP. 



The Tissues 7 



The cavities of the Thorax and Abdomen . 9 



The Vertebral Column 12 



Head and Neck 15 



Nerves 18 



General arrangement of all these parts . . 19 



III. WHAT TAKES PLACE WHEN WE 



MOVE. 



13. ,, The Bones of the Arm 21 



14. ,, The structure of the Elbow Joint ... 23 



15. ,, Other joints in the body .... 25 



16. ,, The arm is bent by the contraction of the 



Biceps Muscle 26 



17. ,, How the will makes the Biceps Muscle con- 



tract 32 



18. ,, The power of a muscle to contract depends 



on its being supplied with blood . . 35 



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