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... muscle derivation in embryonic layers 12 : 645a ⚫nervous system development 12 : 980e passim to 981g ⚫origins and ... muscle relaxes the zonule fibres pull on the equator of the lens and flatten it . When the ciliary muscle contracts ...
... muscle derivation in embryonic layers 12 : 645a ⚫nervous system development 12 : 980e passim to 981g ⚫origins and ... muscle relaxes the zonule fibres pull on the equator of the lens and flatten it . When the ciliary muscle contracts ...
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... muscle power . Failure of develop- ment of the arch may be a normal racial or familial characteristic . In general , the problem is a disproportion between the weight to be borne and the muscles to bear it . In a few per- sons the ...
... muscle power . Failure of develop- ment of the arch may be a normal racial or familial characteristic . In general , the problem is a disproportion between the weight to be borne and the muscles to bear it . In a few per- sons the ...
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... Muscular Motion ; 1953 ) . In 1794 Galvani presented a descrip- tion of experiments in which he had caused the muscle of one frog to contract by touching the exposed muscle with the nerve of another frog , thus establishing that ...
... Muscular Motion ; 1953 ) . In 1794 Galvani presented a descrip- tion of experiments in which he had caused the muscle of one frog to contract by touching the exposed muscle with the nerve of another frog , thus establishing that ...
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