class I. 
Functions CON- 
TRIBUTING TO 
TUB PRESERVA-^ 
TION OF THE 
INDIVIDUAI, 
( Individual life.) 
PHYSIOLOGY. 
N 
CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONS. 
('Genus I. Digestion. 
Extracts from it thC' 
nutritive parts 
First Order. 
By assimilating 
alimentary mat- 
ters to his own 
substance 
^ Aasimilating, in- 
ternal, or nutri- 
tive functions. J 
II. Absorption 
Carries it into the cir-< 
culating fluid.. , 
fPrehension of food. 
Mastication. 
Salivary secretion. 
Deglutition. 
Digestion. 
Chylili cation. 
Excretion of feces and urines 
'Absorption of chyle. 
lymph. 
Action of vessels. 
glands. 
thoracic duct. 
xTx XI C Action of the heart. 
III. Circulation. | arteries 
Conveys it to alt the<: capillary vessels. 
I veins. 
f Action of the paiietes of the 
IV. Respiration. | thorax. 
Combines it with the I lungs. 
of the at- 1 Changes in the air. 
blood. 
oxygen 
mosphere . 
' Animal heat. 
V. Secretion. fTransudation of serum. 
Makes it undergo va-< Mucous secretion. 
rious modifications. LAction of glands. 
VI. Nutrition. 
Applies it to the or- 
gans for the pur- 
poses of growth 
. and repair.... 
Differing in every part ac- 
cording to its peculiar 
composition. 
Second Order. 
By establishing 
his relations to 
surrounding be- 
ings 
( External, or re- 
lative functions, f 
Of sight. 
— hearing. 
Organs ^ — , smelling. 
— tasting. 
_ — touching. 
Action of the nerves. 
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GenusESensAtEoNs I Human understanding. 
Inform him of their<( Perception. 
presence.. 
II. Motions. 
•{ Enable him to ap- 
proach to or avoid 
them......... 
III. Voice & Speech 
Give him the power 
of communicating 
with his species,' 
without change of 
, situation.. 
Memory. 
Judgment, 
Volition. 
Sleeping and waking. 
Dreams. 
Somnambulism. 
Muscular organs and action. 
Skeleton. 
Articulations. 
Standing. 
Progressive motions. 
Motions of the upper extre- 
mities. 
f farticulated ; or 
The voice j J^Xt^djor 
t singing. 
Stammering. 
Lisping. 
Dumbness. 
..Ventriloquism. 
