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The works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 3 (of 4)

Balfour, Francis M. (Francis Maitland) · Public domain text

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Author
Francis M. Balfour (1851–1882)
Language
English
Subjects
Zoology, Embryology
Length
292,168 words · about 20 h 28 min
Sections
55 reader sections · Table of contents

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Contents (55)
  1. Opening about 2 min
  2. I. CEPHALOCHORDA. Pp. 1-8 under 1 min
  3. II. UROCHORDA. Pp. 9-39 under 1 min
  4. III. ELASMOBRANCHII. Pp. 40-67 under 1 min
  5. IV. TELEOSTEI. Pp. 68-82 under 1 min
  6. V. CYCLOSTOMATA. Pp. 83-101 under 1 min
  7. VI. GANOIDEI. Pp. 102-119 under 1 min
  8. VII. AMPHIBIA. Pp. 120-144 under 1 min
  9. VIII. AVES. Pp. 145-201 under 1 min
  10. IX. REPTILIA. Pp. 202-213 under 1 min
  11. X. MAMMALIA. Pp. 214-274 under 1 min
  12. XI. COMPARISON OF THE FORMATION OF THE GERMINAL LAYERS AND OF THE EARLY STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERTEBRATES. Pp. 275-310 under 1 min
  13. XII. OBSERVATIONS ON THE ANCESTRAL FORM OF THE CHORDATA. Pp. 311-330 under 1 min
  14. XIII. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS. Pp. 331-388 under 1 min
  15. II. ORGANOGENY under 1 min
  16. XIV. THE EPIDERMIS AND ITS DERIVATIVES. Pp. 393-399 under 1 min
  17. XV. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. Pp. 400-469 under 1 min
  18. XVI. ORGANS OF VISION. Pp. 470-511 under 1 min
  19. XVII. AUDITORY ORGAN, OLFACTORY ORGAN, AND SENSE ORGANS OF THE LATERAL LINE. Pp. 512-541 under 1 min
  20. XVIII. THE NOTOCHORD, THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN, THE RIBS, AND THE STERNUM. Pp. 542-563 under 1 min
  21. XIX. THE SKULL. Pp. 564-598 under 1 min
  22. XX. PECTORAL AND PELVIC GIRDLES AND THE SKELETON OF THE LIMBS. Pp. 599-622 under 1 min
  23. XXI. THE BODY CAVITY, THE VASCULAR SYSTEM AND THE VASCULAR GLANDS. Pp. 623-666 under 1 min
  24. XXII. THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM. Pp. 667-679 under 1 min
  25. XXIII. EXCRETORY ORGANS. Pp. 680-740 under 1 min
  26. XXIV. GENERATIVE ORGANS AND GENITAL DUCTS. Pp. 741-753 under 1 min
  27. XXV. THE ALIMENTARY CANAL AND ITS APPENDAGES IN THE CHORDATA. Pp. 754-780 under 1 min
  28. I. CEPHALOCHORDA about 10 min
  29. II. UROCHORDA[5] about 51 min
  30. III. ELASMOBRANCHII about 38 min
  31. IV. TELEOSTEI about 23 min
  32. V. CYCLOSTOMATA[23] about 27 min
  33. VI. GANOIDEI[33] about 24 min
  34. VII. AMPHIBIA[42] about 36 min
  35. Introduction about 1 h 21 min
  36. IX. REPTILIA about 15 min
  37. X. MAMMALIA about 1 h 31 min
  38. Chapter XI about 48 min
  39. XII. OBSERVATIONS ON THE ANCESTRAL FORM OF THE CHORDATA about 32 min
  40. XIII. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS about 1 h 17 min
  41. Part II under 1 min
  42. Introduction about 2 min
  43. XIV. THE EPIDERMIS AND ITS DERIVATIVES about 9 min
  44. XV. NERVOUS SYSTEM about 1 h 44 min
  45. XVI. ORGANS OF VISION about 1 h 11 min
  46. Chapter XVII about 43 min
  47. Chapter XVIII under 1 min
  48. Introduction about 32 min
  49. XIX. THE SKULL about 50 min
  50. Chapter XX about 41 min
  51. Chapter XXI about 1 h 10 min
  52. XXII. THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM about 19 min
  53. XXIII. EXCRETORY ORGANS about 1 h 30 min
  54. XXIV. GENERATIVE ORGANS AND GENITAL DUCTS about 18 min
  55. XXV. THE ALIMENTARY CANAL AND ITS APPENDAGES, IN THE CHORDATA about 1 h 56 min

The opening of I. CEPHALOCHORDA

The developmental history of the Chordata has been studied far more completely than that of any of the groups so far considered; and the results which have been arrived at are of striking interest and importance. Three main subdivisions of this group can be recognized: (1) the Cephalochorda containing the single genus Amphioxus; (2) the Urochorda or Tunicata; and (3) the Vertebrata[1]. The members of the second and probably of the first of these groups have undergone degeneration, but at the same time the members of the first group especially undergo a less modified development than that of other Chordata.

[1] The term Vertebrata is often used to include the Cephalochorda. It is in many ways convenient to restrict its use to the forms which have at any rate some indications of vertebræ; a restriction which has the further convenience of restoring to the term its original limitations. In the first volume of this work the term Craniata was used for the forms which I now propose to call Vertebrata.

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