 ... by the action of the legs, and the same will take place in the separate parts if the body be divided into several distinct portions. After these actions have come to an end, they may be excited again by irritating any part of the nervous centres,...  The Brain as an Organ of Mind - Page 157by H. Charlton Bastian - 1887 - 708 lehteFull view - About this book
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 610 lehte
...and Insects, we shall pause to dwell upon them here in more detail. 443. If the head of a Centipetle be cut off, whilst it is in motion, the body will continue to move onwards by the action of the legs ; and the samo will take place if the body be divided into several distinct portions. After... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1851 - 624 lehte
...for the study of the reflex actions ; some of the principal phenomena of which will now be described. If the head of a Centipede be cut off, whilst it is...may be excited again, by irritating any part of the nervous centres, or the cut extremity of the nervous cord. The body is moved forwards by the regular... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1854 - 794 lehte
...from the head, set in motion its long¡irms, and impress their hooks on the fingers which hold it. — If the head of a Centipede be cut off, whilst it is...body will continue to move onwards by the action of the legs ; and the same will take place in the separate parts, if the body be divided into several... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1854 - 802 lehte
...Centipede be cut off, whilst it is in motion, the body will continue to move onwards by the action of the legs; and the same will take place in the separate...parts, if the body be divided into several distinct portionsAfter these actions have come to an end, they may be excited again, by irritating any part... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1859 - 630 lehte
...to dwell upon them here in more detail. 443. If the head of a Centipede be cut off whilst the animal is in motion, the body will continue to move onwards by the action of the legs ; and the same will take place if the body be divided into several distinct portions. After... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1862 - 804 lehte
...through a small group of cells, the latter looks something like a knot tied in it. be cut off while it is in motion, the body will continue to move onwards by the action of the legs ; and the same will take place in the separate parts, if the body be divided into several... | |
 | Thomas Wharton Collens - 1860 - 382 lehte
...receive or of the actions which they perform." 2. " If the head of a Centipede," says Carpenter, " be cut off whilst it is in motion, the body will continue to move onward by the regular and successive action of the legs as in the natural state ; but its movements... | |
 | John William Draper - 1865 - 684 lehte
...centipede be cut off while it is in motion, the body will continue to move onward by the action of the legs, and the same will take place in the separate...may be excited again by irritating any part of the nervous centres, or the cut extremity of the nervous cord. The body is moved forward by the regular... | |
 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - 1867 - 1204 lehte
...centipede be cut off while it is in motion, the body will continue to move onward by the action of the legs, and the same will take place in the separate...may be excited again by irritating any part of the nervous centres, or the cut extremity of the nervous cord. The body is moved forward by the regular... | |
 | 1869 - 204 lehte
...Kjpe <§*f0rtr Mo. Vin. THURSDAY, DEC. 12. 1867. ' IF the head of a Centipede,' says a great writer, ' be cut off, whilst it is in motion, the body will continue to move onwards by the action of the legs;' 'and the reader,' adds another philosopher, 1 can doubtless call to mind occasions, on which... | |
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