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Identifier: b20416039_001 Title: On the anatomy of vertebrates [electronic resource] Year: 1866 (1860s) Authors: Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 Subjects: Anatomy, Comparative Vertebrates Fishes Reptiles Mammals Birds Publisher: London : Longmans, Green Contributing Library: Wellcome Library Digitizing Sponsor: Wellcome Library
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Text Appearing After Image: Section of eye,Monitor (Varanus).ccxxx. lacrymal gland is large, especially in the Constrictors, and con-tributes its secretion to that of other sources of lubrication of themouth during the long and difficult act of deglutition. It is interesting to note the correspondence of condition betweenthe eye and ear, in regard to the fore court of each organ, which Ser-pents exclusively exemplify, among air-breathing Vertebrates. Thetympanic chamber parallels the conjunctive chamber; both are closedexternally,— the one by the ear-drum, the other by the antocularmembrane: the lacrymal canal is the homotype of the eustachian. In Lizards, fig. 221, the eyeball is less globular, more flattenedanteriorly than in Serpents, and the sclerotic is strengthened nearthe cornea by a circle of small sub-imbricate osseousplates, d. The lens, ib. i, is more convex behind thanin front; a (falciform process, ib. p, is connectedwith its capsule; and in the Iguanas and Monitorsit has a delicate layer of pigme
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