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... body , the physical substance of the human organism , composed of living cells and extracellular materials and organized into tissues , organs , and systems . A brief treatment of the human body fol- lows . For a depiction of the gross ...
... body , the physical substance of the human organism , composed of living cells and extracellular materials and organized into tissues , organs , and systems . A brief treatment of the human body fol- lows . For a depiction of the gross ...
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... body follows a plan that can be described as a cylinder enclosing two tubes and a rod . This body plan is most clearly evident in the embryo ; by birth , the plan is apparent only in the trunk region - i.e . , in the thorax and abdomen ...
... body follows a plan that can be described as a cylinder enclosing two tubes and a rod . This body plan is most clearly evident in the embryo ; by birth , the plan is apparent only in the trunk region - i.e . , in the thorax and abdomen ...
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... body . The arrows dipped by Heracles in the poi- sonous blood or gall inflicted fatal wounds . Hydra , genus of invertebrate freshwater ani- mals of the class Hydrozoa ( phylum Cnidar- ia ) . The body of such an organism consists of a ...
... body . The arrows dipped by Heracles in the poi- sonous blood or gall inflicted fatal wounds . Hydra , genus of invertebrate freshwater ani- mals of the class Hydrozoa ( phylum Cnidar- ia ) . The body of such an organism consists of a ...
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