Cyclopædia
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ANTAGONIST MUSCLEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ANTAGONIST%20MUSCLES
MUSCLES, in Anatomy, are those which have opposite Functions. See MUSCLE. Such are the Flexor and Extensor of any Limb, the one whereof contracts it, and the other stretches it out. See FLEXOR and EXTENSOR. We have some solitary Muscles, without any...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ADDUCENT Muscleshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADDUCENT%20Muscles
ADDUCENT Muscles, or Adductors, are those which bring forward, close, or draw together, the Parts of the Body whereto they are annexed. See MUSCLE.The Word is compounded of ad, to, and duco, I draw, or bring to.Adductors stand opposed to Abducentes or...
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MUSCLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/MUSCLE
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BIBITORY Musclehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/BIBITORY-Muscle
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CORRUGENT Musclehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/CORRUGENT-Muscle
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ACCELERATOR Urinaehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCELERATOR%20Urinae
ACCELERATOR Urinae, a Muscle of the Penis, by some made a Pair of Muscles; thus called from its Office in expediting the Discharge of the Urine and Semen. See MUSCLE, PENIS, USE. It arises tendinous from the upper and sore-part of the Urethra; but soon...
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ABDUCTORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ABDUCTOR
or ABDUCENT, in Anatomy, a Name common to several Muscles, whose Action is the withdrawing, opening, or pulling back the Parts they are fix'd to. See MUSCLE. The Name is Latin, compounded of ab, from, and duco, I draw : Their Antagonists are call'd...
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ASTHMAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ASTHMA
arising from a Disorder of the Lungs; and usually attended with violent Motions of the Diaphragm, Abdominal and Intercostal Muscles, as also a rattling in the Throat. The Word is Greek, ἄσθμα; formed of the Verb ἀέω, Spiro; I breathe. If Respiration be...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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BRONCHIC-Muscleshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/BRONCHIC-Muscles
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ARMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARM
Bone, called the Humerus, or Shoulder-Bone. See HUMERUS. It has five sorts of Motions, which are effected by five Pair of Muscles; upwards, by the Deltoides, Supraspinatus, and Coracobrachialis; downwards, by the Teres, Rotundus major, and Latissimus...
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ANATOMYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/anatomy
is into Solids and Fluids, or Containing and Contained Parts. See SOLID, and FLUID. Under the Solids come the Bones, Muscles, Nerves, Arteries, Veins, Cartilages, Ligaments, Membranes, etc.—Under the Fluids, come Chyle, Blood, Milk, Fat, Lymph, etc.-see...
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ATTOLLENShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ATTOLLENS
in anatomy, a name common to several muscles, whose office or action is to raise the parts they belong to. See MUSCLE. The Attollens, or Attollent Muscles, are otherwise called Elevators. See ELEVATOR. The word is compounded of the Latin ad, to; and...
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ANNULARhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANNULAR
LIGAMENT. Its use is to connect or bind the two Bones of the Arm together; and also to restrain the Tendons of the several Muscles of the Hand and Fingers, and prevent their flying out of their places, when in Action. See CARPUS, HAND, FINGER, etc. The...
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ERRATAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php?view=article&id=3:ERRATA&catid=1209640500
read Fig. 1. Equation, p. 335. col. 1. line 15. for given Position, read given in Position. Flying, line 20. for Temporal Muscles read Pectoral Muscles. Geocentric Latitude, line 11. for, eT♀ read et ♀ . Latus Tranpversum, for Fig.*,, x. Fig.i. and for...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ABDOMENhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ABDOMEN
to sal),. and form those Tumors call'd Hernias. See PERITONÆUM, and HERNIA. It is cover'd and desended with five Pair of Muscles ; which not only defend the Viscera, but by their alternate Relaxations, and Contractions in Respiration, promote the Action...
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ACCESSORYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCESSORY
the vagus nerve, wrapped up in the same common Integument therewith; and after quitting the same, is distributed into the Muscles of the Neck, and Shoulders. See NERVE, VAGUS, &c. In its Ascent towards the Head, it receives Branches from each of the...
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ATMOSPHEREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATMOSPHERE
"In like manner, within the Skin of an Animal are contained a diversity of Parts, some hard, as Bones; others soft, as Muscles, Nerves, Membranes, etc.; others fluid, as Blood, Fat, etc. Now ’tis not possible the Bones should be broke or displaced in...
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ANNUENTES Musculihttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ANNUENTES%20Musculi
Musculi, in Anatomy, a Pair of transverse Muscles, at the Root of the Vertebrae of the Back; called also by Mr. Cowper, Resi interni minorres, because they lie under the Resi majores. See RESI. They are called Annuentes, because they help to nod the...
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ANCOhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANCO
ANCO, or Ancon, the Tip of the Elbow; or the backward and larger Process of the Cubitus. See CUBITUS. The Ancon is the same with what the Greeks call Ὠλέκρανον. See OLECRANON. And hence, Anconaeus Muscle, in Anatomy, the sixth Muscle of the Elbow; so...
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ANTITHENARhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ANTITHENAR
ANTITHENAR, in Anatomy, a Muscle of the Thumb whose Office is to draw it to the Fingers. It arises from the Bone of the Metacarpus that sustains the Fore-finger, and is inserted into the first Bone of the Thumb. See FINGER. ANTITHENAR is also the Name...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Anatomy