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the two lateral halv”es in such 'a section are usually not quite
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The
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throughout the
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shes,Ï the principal— chan‘ges {depending
simply on the relative; develOpnientof ,‘thegînbre 'ÊÇtmli,
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muscles, directed towards the tail,éand thelfmarginal__ muscles
directed towards the head. —In sWify,
the Sharks and Mackerels; the latter = bebeîe ofmmor *
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importancefexcept near, ithehead, whereas
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whichmove;mOæ slowly, the marginal
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larger,as in the F lat—shes.
do with'the'working;
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and balancigof the body;ad-£ns, andi'the'Plectogna‘chs,’
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where:an“-accideñt
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off_ the use of its—tail, these marginal
attain to an
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en0tmous development; .. In the ElaSmdbranchs the muscles
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tend'to arrange themselves in groups along the vertebral
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column, as in the Higher Vertebrates.
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and'ventralhalves; of themuscle segments
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the muscles are arranged infoompartments‘,WhiÇhîf'ëh0Wÿ;
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a
remarkable resemblance to the
‘orga'n‘s of)—other
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The distinction between smooth or non-striated and
striatedmuscle bres expresses the general di"erence between '
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slOw, but powerful contractions and rapid but weaken
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contractions; Yet 5many' interVening stages occur, and the
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one may_ change into the-other or into a different k1nd of
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cell tissue.
The,àlimentary
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several :—0thér, —:'formS j has :stri‘ated
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