What can you state of the ventricles and auricles of the heart? 110 25. Describe the action of the heart. 111 26. What special vitality does the tissue of the heart possess? 111 27. State all you can on the subject. 111 28. Describe the course of the blood through the cavities of the heart. 112 29. Describe the mechanism that regulates the heart-currents. 112 30. How do you account for the two heart-sounds at the front of the chest? 112 31. State what you can of the frequency of the heart's action. 112, 113 32. Of the activity of the heart. 113, 114 33. What do you understand by the arteries? 114, 115 34. State what you can of the arteries and the arterial system. 114, 115 35. What do you understand by the pulse? 115, 116 36. In what part of the body may the pulse be felt? 116 37. What further can you state of the pulse? 116, 117 38. What are the veins? 117 39. Where do they exist, and how are they formed? 117 40. Describe the valves of the veins and their uses. 117 41. Now give a full description of the construction of the veins. 117 42. What further can you state of the veins? 117, 118 43. What do you understand by the capillaries? 118, 119 44. What service do the capillaries perform? 118, 119, 121 45. Describe the circulation of the blood in the region of the heart. 118, 119 46. What can you state of the rapidity of the blood's circulation? 120 47. Of the process known as assimilation? 121 48. Of injuries to the blood-vessels? 121 * * * * * {123} CHAPTER VIII. RESPIRATION. _The Objects of Respiration--The Lungs--The Air-Passages--The Movements of Respiration--Expiration and Inspiration--The Frequency of Respiration--Capacity of the Lungs--The Air we breathe--Changes in the Air from Respiration--Changes in the Blood--Interchange of Gases in the Lungs--Comparison between Arterial and Venous Blood--Respiratory Labor--Impurities of the Air--Dust--Carbonic Acid--Effects of Impure Air--Nature's Provision for Purifying the Air--Ventilation--Animal Heat--Spontaneous Combustion._ [Sidenote: 1. Difference between the two sets of capillaries? Change effected by respiration or breathing?]