DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM The objective of digestion is to render food-matter fit for absorption and having rendered it so, to get it into the blood (assimilation). Digestion then includes three processes— liquefaction of food-matter, its…
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THE EARS

THE EARS ANATOMY The External Ear consists of (a) the pinna or the cartilage which focuses sound, and (b) the external auditory meatus, which is the opening to the canal that reaches from the bottom of the pinna to the tympanitic membrane.…
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THE EYES

THE EYES The eyes comprise (a) the eye-ball or globe and (b) its appendages. The appendages comprise: 1. The Eyebrows which are arched eminences surrounded by hairs, situated over each orbit. 2. The Eye-lids (upper and lower)— are two…
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GENITAL SYSTEM ANATOMY

GENITAL SYSTEM ANATOMY In the Male—The external organ is the penis; it consists of a body, root (buried in the perineum) and the conical end or glans. The body of penis is composed of two cylindrical corpora cavernosa (the spaces of which…
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URINARY SYSTEM ANATOMY

URINARY SYSTEM ANATOMY Urine is a fluid consisting of waste-products picked out of circulating blood. This is done by the two glands known as kidneys situated on both sides of the loins, where the ribs end. A kidney is bean-shaped and has…
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NERVOUS SYSTEM ANATOMY

NERVOUS SYSTEM ANATOMY In the human body, certain groups of organs or tissues possessing common function are called System. Thus, those tissues or organs that perform the work of digestion, are grouped under Digestive system, and they…
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