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... terminal apparatus , similar to that of the tactile corpuscles , namely , long globules ( pacinian bodies ) , in the hollows of which the nerve fibres terminate . In short , in the entire surface of the skin there exist ter- minal ...
... terminal apparatus , similar to that of the tactile corpuscles , namely , long globules ( pacinian bodies ) , in the hollows of which the nerve fibres terminate . In short , in the entire surface of the skin there exist ter- minal ...
Pagina 32
... terminal boundaries . We now see why the sensation of a single contact is not sud- denly changed into that of a double one , on moving the points of the compasses ; for as long as less than twelve terminal limits lie between the points ...
... terminal boundaries . We now see why the sensation of a single contact is not sud- denly changed into that of a double one , on moving the points of the compasses ; for as long as less than twelve terminal limits lie between the points ...
Pagina 96
... terminal apparatus of the optic nerve is the eye , or , more strictly speaking , the retina , which has the property of being excited by the light - waves , and of communicating this excitement to the optic nerve . The terminal ...
... terminal apparatus of the optic nerve is the eye , or , more strictly speaking , the retina , which has the property of being excited by the light - waves , and of communicating this excitement to the optic nerve . The terminal ...
Pagina 111
... terminal organs within the rods and cones , each of which can be irritated by a particular kind of light alone . At first it would be supposed that a vast number of fibres must exist in a sensitive element of the retina . It would be a ...
... terminal organs within the rods and cones , each of which can be irritated by a particular kind of light alone . At first it would be supposed that a vast number of fibres must exist in a sensitive element of the retina . It would be a ...
Pagina 166
... terminal organs , changes the dead sound into a living sensation . Although we can form no conception of sound , as such , except through the excitement of our auditory organs , nevertheless its origin and propagation in nature were ...
... terminal organs , changes the dead sound into a living sensation . Although we can form no conception of sound , as such , except through the excitement of our auditory organs , nevertheless its origin and propagation in nature were ...
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