. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology. Anatomy; Physiology; Zoology. Height, Area in ft. in. Sup. in. 5 6 36 5 10 63 FEMALE. MALE. Sections of the Chest at the base. TABLE F. — Average Measurements of the Thorax. (The mean of the measurements of fourteen males and six females, — given in detail in Med. Chirurg. Trans. 1846. , p. 176.) MALES. FEMALES. Age - ...... 51 years 40 years Height 66 in. 62 in. Weight (without clothes) ..... HOlbs. 94 Ibs. Weight of heart 13 oz. 11 oz. Weight of right lung - 30 „ 19 „ Weight of left lung ------- 25 „ 17 „ External circumference
. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology. Anatomy; Physiology; Zoology. Height, Area in ft. in. Sup. in. 5 6 36 5 10 63 FEMALE. MALE. Sections of the Chest at the base. TABLE F. — Average Measurements of the Thorax. (The mean of the measurements of fourteen males and six females, — given in detail in Med. Chirurg. Trans. 1846. , p. 176.) MALES. FEMALES. Age - ...... 51 years 40 years Height 66 in. 62 in. Weight (without clothes) ..... HOlbs. 94 Ibs. Weight of heart 13 oz. 11 oz. Weight of right lung - 30 „ 19 „ Weight of left lung ------- 25 „ 17 „ External circumference over nipples - 32 in. 30 in. Internal circumference (maximum) ... 32 „ 24 „ Internal circumference of right half ... 15 „ 13 „ Internal circumference of left half 15 „ 13 „ Greatest depth, from before backwards, of thorax - 6-5 „ 6 „ Distance between sternum and bodies of dorsal vertebra; - 4 „ 4 „ Projection of dorsal vertebrae into thoracic cavity - 2'5 „ 2-5 „ Greatest breadth of cavity of thorax .... 9 „ 8 ., Internal superficies of costal walls of thorax ... 258 sq. in. 212 sq. in. Superficies of diaphragm ------ 49 „ 35 „ Superficies of entire boundaries (diaphragm and costal — ) - 307 „ 247 „ Volume of right half of thorax - 151 cub. in. 109 cub. in. Volume of left half of thorax -,. 182 „ 141 „ Volume of entire cavity ------ 333 „ 250 „ Depth of right lung from apex to arch of diaphragm 7 in. 7 in. Depth of left lung from apex to arch of diaphragm 9 „ 8 „ Depth from between apices to diaphragm 8 „ 7 „ Depth from before backwards — right lung (maximum) - c „ 5-5 „ Depth from before backwards — left lung (maximum) 6-5 „ 5-5 „ Distance between centre of apices of lung - - - 2-5 „ 2-3 „ Vital capacity - - .... 205 cub. in. 187 cub. in. In the males the left apex was highest in 6, the right in 6, and in 2 the summits of the apices were on the same level; in the females, the left apex was hig
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