. Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . Ambry, Ruehden. North-amptoiibhire—14th Ambulacra of Starfish,As seen in a longitudinal and vertical scition nf one of the rays; and Oiree of themin a Hcparnte Utrure on a liirgcr sc-ale. in whicli tli- y arn eliown in «!ilii rent con-ditions; a, a. a, tubiilMT fo-1; b. b. b, internal vehicles; c, the organ whichbuppliesthe fluid with wliicli tli- y are filled. other Echinodertnata are furnished. They are fleshy, more or less 148 AMBULANCE—AMENTHES. elongated, and terminated by suckers. They pass through
. Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . Ambry, Ruehden. North-amptoiibhire—14th Ambulacra of Starfish,As seen in a longitudinal and vertical scition nf one of the rays; and Oiree of themin a Hcparnte Utrure on a liirgcr sc-ale. in whicli tli- y arn eliown in «!ilii rent con-ditions; a, a. a, tubiilMT fo-1; b. b. b, internal vehicles; c, the organ whichbuppliesthe fluid with wliicli tli- y are filled. other Echinodertnata are furnished. They are fleshy, more or less 148 AMBULANCE—AMENTHES. elongated, and terminated by suckers. They pass through orificesin the shell or other external integument of the animal, and aregenerally arranged in rows. Those of the Echini, or Sea-urchins,are lono- enough to extend beyond the point of the spines, andby means of them the animal is able to climb a perpendicularrock. They are tubular, and each has at its base a vesicle, filledwith a lluid which, on the contraction of the vesicle, is forced intothe tube, dilating it to its full extent, whilst, on the contractionof the tube, the fluid returns again into the vesicle. The fluid
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