Natural philosophy. including statics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, dynamics, hydrodynamics, the general theory of undulations, the science of sound, the mechanical theory of music, etc. : designed for the use of normal and grammar schools, and the higher classes in common schools (1867)
Sangster, John Herbert, 1831-1904 · Montreal : Printed and published by John Lovell · leaf 185
with which it communicates by means of avalvular opening that is generally closed. It gives exitto the mucus which forms in the middle ear, and also per-mits the entrance of air into the tympanic cavity ; whenclosed by a cold, it causes partial deafness. The ossicles of the tympa- ^^s- 41. • num… … Art. 440. j THE ORGANS OF HEAPJXG. 183 the OS orhiculare or round bone o, (the smallest bone in thebody), and the stapes or stirrup, s. The handle h of themalleus is fastened to the membrana tjmpani, and thebase of the stapes to the membrane covering the fenestraovalis. The bones are joined to one…
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