A Practical Physiology: A Text-Book for Higher SchoolsBlaisdell, Albert F. (Albert Franklin)
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A Practical Physiology: A Text-Book for Higher Schools
Blaisdell, Albert F. (Albert Franklin)
Human physiology; Physiology
11. There are several strong tendons to be seen and felt about the
ankle. Behind is the _tendo Achillis_. It forms a high relief with a
shallow depression on each side of it. Behind both the inner and outer
ankle several tendons can be felt. Over the front of the ankle, when
the muscles are in action, we can see and feel several tendons. They
start up like cords when the action is resisted. They are kept in their
proper relative position by strong pulleys formed by the annular
ligament. Most of these tendons can be best seen by stand a model on
one foot, _i.e._ in unstable equilibrium.
III. Landmarks of the Heart.
To have a general idea of the form and position of the _heart_, map its
outline with colored pencils or crayon on the chest wall itself, or on
some piece of clean, white cloth, tightly pinned over the clothing. A
pattern of the heart may be cut out of pasteboard, painted red, or
papered with red paper, and pinned in position outside the clothing.
The apex of the heart is at a point about two inches below the left
nipple and one inch to its sternal side. This point will be between the
fifth and sixth ribs, and can generally be determined by feeling the
apex beat.
IV. Landmarks of a Few Arteries.
The pulsation of the _temporal_ artery can be felt in front of the ear,
between the zygoma and the ear. The _facial_ artery can be distinctly
felt as it passes over the upper jaw at the front edge of the masseter
muscle. The pulse of a sleeping child can often be counted at the
anterior fontanelle by the eye alone.
About one inch above the clavicle, near the outer border of the
sterno-mastoid, we can feel the pulsation of the great _subclavian_
artery. At the back of the knee the _popliteal_ artery can be felt
beating. The _dorsal_ artery of the foot can be felt beating on a line
from the middle of the ankle to the interval between the first and
second metatarsal bones.
When the arm is raised to a right angle with the body, the _axillary_
artery can be plainly felt beating in the axilla. Extend the arm with
palm upwards and the _brachial_ artery can be felt close to the inner
side of the biceps. The position of the _radial_ artery is described in
Experiment 102.
Glossary.
Abdomen (Lat. _abdo_, _abdere_, to conceal). The largest cavity of the
body, containing the liver, stomach, intestines, and other organs.
Abductor (Lat. _abduco_, to draw from). A muscle which draws a limb
from the middle line of the body, or a finger or toe from the middle
line of the foot or hand.
Absorbents (Lat. _absorbere_, to suck up). The vessels which take part
in the process of absorption.
Absorption. The process of sucking up nutritive or waste matters by the
blood-vessels or lymphatics.
Accommodation of the Eye. The alteration in the shape of the
crystalline lens, which accommodates, or adjusts, the eye for near or
remote vision.
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