Lectures on the physiological laws of life, hygiene, and a general outline of diseases peculiar to females .. . ght andleft auricles, and right and left ventricles. The auri-cles are situated on the uppermost part of the organ,and are so named from their fancied resemblance toears, the Latin word for which is auris; the ventricles,for a similar reason, after the Latin word venter, mean-ing belly. The ventricles are more muscular than theauricles; and the left ventricle more muscular thanthe right. The course of the river of life—the circu-lation, is as follows : The venus blood flows into ther
Lectures on the physiological laws of life, hygiene, and a general outline of diseases peculiar to females .. . ght andleft auricles, and right and left ventricles. The auri-cles are situated on the uppermost part of the organ,and are so named from their fancied resemblance toears, the Latin word for which is auris; the ventricles,for a similar reason, after the Latin word venter, mean-ing belly. The ventricles are more muscular than theauricles; and the left ventricle more muscular thanthe right. The course of the river of life—the circu-lation, is as follows : The venus blood flows into theright auricle ; from the right auricle to the right ventri-cle, coming originally from the large veins, the ascendingand descending vena cava, and the coronary the contractions of the auricles and ventricles theblood is forced through the pulmonary arteries intothe lungs, where it absorbs oxygen and gives off car-bonic acid; in its transition from venus to arterial, 132 THE PHYSIOLOGICAL LAWS OF the color is changed from blue blood to red the lungs the blood returns to the left side of. The right auricle and ventricle showing the internal structures. 1, supe-rior vena cava; 2, inferior vena cava; 2, hepatic veins; 3, right auricle;3, fossa ovalis and below it the eustachian valve, and beneath it is figure 3,close to the opening of the coronary veins; x x, the groove between theauricle and ventricle; 4 4, cavity of the right ventricle. Above the upperfigure 4 the semilunar valves can be seen. 4, large columnse carneae ; 5, 5, 5ttricusped valves; 6, the cavity of the pulmonary artery; 7, the aortic arch;8, the commencement of the aorta at the base of the heart; 9, between theinnominate and left carotid arteries ; 10, appendix of the left auricle; 11-11,the outside of the left ventricle. (After Hartshorne.) the heart, through the pulmonary veins, first enteringthe left auricle, and thence passing to the left ventri- LIFE AND HYGIENE. 133 cle; whence it is impe
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