 | Roger Sherman Tracy - 1886 - 402 pages
...recognition of his master, than on his sense of sight. The sense of smell, like the sense of taste, acts as a sentinel to guard against the introduction...animals this organ is very movable, and, during• their waking hours, is generally in motion, to catch sound from various directions. In the human beFIG.... | |
 | Roger Sherman Tracy - Human anatomy - 1889 - 386 pages
...them is transmitted to the brain by a special apparatus. 361. The External Ear. — The ear (Fig. 65) is usually described by anatomists as consisting of...In animals this organ is very movable, and, during 284 their waking hours, is generally in motion, to catch sound from various directions. In the human... | |
 | Oliver Peebles Jenkins - Physiology - 1896 - 238 pages
...complicated, and our description will include but a brief outline. The apparatus is generally considered in three divisions: the external ear, the middle ear, and the internal ear. The external ear includes the visible projection called \.\\c pinna, and the tube that leads from it, known... | |
 | Oliver Peebles Jenkins - Hygiene - 1906 - 226 pages
...complicated, and our description will include but a brief outline. The apparatus is generally considered in three divisions: the external ear, the middle ear, and the internal ear. The external ear includes the visible projections called the pinna, and the tube that leads front it, known... | |
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Every movement of every form of matter gives rise to waves or vibrations in the air, which lies in contact with the moving substance. These atmospheric waves are received, and the impression made by them is transmitted to the brain by a special apparatus.... 