The Outlines of Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: QUESTIONS. PART I. CHAPTER I.?1. What is anatomy? Physiology? Hygiene? What is an anatomical element? A tissue? An organ? A system? An apparatus ? Give examples of each. What is the function of an organ? What is a poison? A stimulant? A narcotic? A narcotic poison ? What is opium ? Morphia ? Laudanum ? Paregoric ? How is alcohol produced? Its properties? Its composition ? Is it always an artificial product ? Tobacco ? Its most important ingredient ? Properties of nicotine ? What is chloroform ? Chloral ? Chapter II.?2. What is the minute structure of the body ? Which is the original element ? What causes the different consistency of different organs? 3. What is a fiber? Where found? 4. Why is the cell so important ? What is a cell ? Nucleus ? Nucleolus ? 5. What is protoplasm? How large are cells? 6. What other kind of matter exists in the body ? 7. What is the difference between living and dead cells? Illustration? 8. How do cells increase in number? 9. What other powers do cells possess ? How are wounds healed ? What is said of '' proud flesh (foot-note) ? Does one cell ever perform the duty of another? Give example (foot-note). 10. How does alcohol affect growing cells ? PART II. Chapter I.?n. Why are bones necessary? 12. How does living bone differ from dead bone? 13. What is the composition of bone? What experiments will show this ? 14. How are bones affected by age? What is a green-stick fracture? 15. How many kinds of bones are there ? What is the structure of the shaft ? Of the extremities? Why the difference? What is the marrow? 16. What is the periosteum ? What is the minute structure of bone ? 17. What is the use of the periosteum? Illustrate. Chapter II.?18. How many bones in the body ? What is ossification? When complete ? 19. What is the spine ?...