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Page 318
... nervous components penetrate throughout ( see page 317 and below ) . Most smooth muscle is sup- plied by the autonomic division of the nervous system , but in a few places the skeletal nervous system provides part or all of the ...
... nervous components penetrate throughout ( see page 317 and below ) . Most smooth muscle is sup- plied by the autonomic division of the nervous system , but in a few places the skeletal nervous system provides part or all of the ...
Page 392
... nervous system , and the cortex , which receives and transmits through endo- crine channels alone . Endocrine - neural interconnections . Of increasing importance in the ascending evolutionary scale of ani- mals are channels consisting ...
... nervous system , and the cortex , which receives and transmits through endo- crine channels alone . Endocrine - neural interconnections . Of increasing importance in the ascending evolutionary scale of ani- mals are channels consisting ...
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... nervous system is , of course , necessary for the smooth and integrated performance of all parts of the motor subsystem . Control of other sorts of processes in organisms , those regulated by the autonomic nervous system , for example ...
... nervous system is , of course , necessary for the smooth and integrated performance of all parts of the motor subsystem . Control of other sorts of processes in organisms , those regulated by the autonomic nervous system , for example ...
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