Outlines of Comparative Anatomy

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Excerpt from Outlines of Comparative Anatomy: Presenting a Sketch of the Present State of Knowledge, and of the Progress of Discovery, in That Science, And Designed to Serve as an Introduction to Animal Physiology, and to the Principles of Classification in ZoologyAs animals are organized to select and obtain foreign matter for their subsistence, and to convey it into their digestive organs, to be transported with them from place to place, they generally require some solid means of support for the attachment of their active organs of motion. These denser parts of the body serve as a solid frame-work to give form and solidity to the whole fabric, and to protect the more delicate organs. They consist for the most part of earthy materials separated from the food by the vital processes of the animal, and may be placed on the exterior or in the interior of the soft parts. These inert materials, or passive organs of locomotion receive their forms from those of the soft parts, and are liable to change with the varying conditions of the contiguous living parts.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.