Part 2

M. FOSTER.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

ART. SECT.

I. INTRODUCTION. PAGE

1. “ What Physiology is 1

2. “ Animals move of their own accord 1

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.

7. “ The Tissues 7

8. “ The cavities of the Thorax and Abdomen 9

9. “ The Vertebral Column 12

10. “ Head and Neck 15

11. “ Nerves 18

12. “ 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 contract 32

18. “ The power of a muscle to contract depends on its being supplied with blood 35

19. “ It is the food in the blood which gives the muscle strength 37

20. “ The continual need of food 38

IV. THE NATURE OF BLOOD.

21. “ The Blood in the Capillaries 40