Chapter 1 - Anatomy
• Anatomy
• Structure of the body
• Chemical Properties of the Body
• Physical Properties of the Body
• Vital Properties of the Body
• The Human Skeleton - Diagram
• Anatomy of the Bones
• Bones of the Head
• Bones of the Trunk
• Bones of the Upper Extremities
• Bones of the Lower Extremities
• The joints
• Uses of the Bones
• The Muscles
• The Muscles - Front Diagram
• The Muscles - Back Diagram
• The Teeth
• Uses of the Teeth
• Digestive Organs
• Urinary System
• Respiratory Organs
• Organs of Circulation
• Absorbent Vessels
• Organs of Secretion
• Vocal Organs
• The Skin
• The Nervous System
• Organs of Sight
• Organs of Hearing

1.2 Structure of the body

STRUCTURE OF THE BODY.
The human body is composed of solids and fluids.

The fluids are most abundant in children and youth. It is this which gives softness and pliancy to their flesh. In old age the fluids are less abundant, and the flesh is more hard and wrinkled.

The fluids contain the whole body, as it were, in a state of solution; or rather, they hold the materials out of which it is manufactured.

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