The laws and mechanics of circulation, with the principle involved in animal movement . Fig. 149. Superficial and Looped Vessels of the Vaso-Ganglion of the Air-Bladder, Cod.—Dr. Fig. 150.—Parallel Vessels of the Vaso-Ganglion of the Air-Bladder, Eel.—Dr. Williams. localities—notably, in the arteries of the mesentery contiguousto the intestines—and are common in the limbs of the sloth,the axillary and iliac arteries in these slow-moving animals,just before entering the limbs, suddenly dividing into numer-ous small channels, which again unite into one trunk beforethe members are given
The laws and mechanics of circulation, with the principle involved in animal movement . Fig. 149. Superficial and Looped Vessels of the Vaso-Ganglion of the Air-Bladder, Cod.—Dr. Fig. 150.—Parallel Vessels of the Vaso-Ganglion of the Air-Bladder, Eel.—Dr. Williams. localities—notably, in the arteries of the mesentery contiguousto the intestines—and are common in the limbs of the sloth,the axillary and iliac arteries in these slow-moving animals,just before entering the limbs, suddenly dividing into numer-ous small channels, which again unite into one trunk beforethe members are given off; in these cases serving as reser-voirs for storing arterial blood for evolving the local actions OFFICE OF RhTE MIR A BILE. 377 concerned in digestion, and for producing the muscular forcefor sustaining the weight of the animal suspended by its this is seen upon a prodigious scale in the enormous arte-rial plexuses in Cetacea, wherein a vast quantity of arterialblood may be accumulated for supplying the wants of theanimal during prolonged periods of submersion. For exam-ple, the intercostal arteries divide into a vast number ofbranches, which run in a serpent
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