Zeitschrift für Biologie, Volume 37

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J. F. Lehmann, 1899
 

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Página 339 - ... they cover the surface generally, and form dense groups round the spines. Each consists of a soft stem, bearing on its summit, or (when branched) at the point of each branch, a sort of forceps of calcareous matter not unlike a crab's claw, except that the two blades are equal and similar. When the point of a fine needle is introduced between the blades, which are for the most part open in a fresh and vigorous specimen, they instantly close and grasp it with considerable force. The particular...
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Página 278 - die injicirten Substanzen treten durch Diffusion schnell aus dem Blute in die Lymphräume und wirken hier wasseranziehend auf das Gewebswasser der Zellen, Fasern usf; das diesen entzogene Wasser fliesst zum Theile durch die Lymphkanäle ab.
Página 344 - Sea-urchin after he has been feeding, we shall learn, at least, one of the offices which this singular organ performs in the general economy of the animal. That part of his food which he ejects passes out at an opening on the summit of the body, in the small area where all the zones converge. The rejected particle is received on one of these little forks, which closes upon it like a forceps, and it is passed on from one to the other, down the side of the body, till it is dropped off into the water.
Página 93 - Bei Anwendung kleiner Quantitäten Hefe tritt in reinem Zuckerwasser allmählich ein Absterben der Hefezellen ein, welches schliesslich dazu führt, dass die Gährung nach Verlauf von -einer bestimmten Zeit nicht wieder hervorgerufen werden kann, selbst wenn man normale Bedingungen für das Wachsthum herstellt.
Página 339 - ... themselves quickly towards the irritated part. This phenomenon, which I have often observed, shows clearly an organic connection between the Pedicellaria and the skin of the shell of the Sea-Urchin. The same thing precisely is observed with the spines.
Página 346 - In climbing perpendicular or inclined surfaces of rock covered with waving sea-weeds, it must be no small advantage to an echinus to be provided on all sides with a multitude of forceps adapted, as described, to the instantaneous grasping and arresting of a passing frond ; for, in this way, not only is an immediate hold obtained, but a moving piece of seaweed is held steady till the pedicels have time to establish a further and more permanent hold upon it with their sucking disks. That this...
Página 303 - Secrete. 3. Harnstoff, welcher nach Hedin Blutkörperchen nicht plasmolysirt, ruft, genau wie Zucker und Kochsalz, welche Blutkörperchen plasmolysiren, Lymphvermehrung hervor. 4. Einige Zeit nach der intravenösen Injection kleiner Mengen krystalloider Stoffe tritt in der Lymphe eine merkliche Zunahme der festen Substanzen auf.
Página 340 - ... why he made that, and to discover in every creature a reason for its peculiar organization. It is but another form of the same vanity, having satisfied itself of the discoveries it has made, to pretend to praise the all-wise Maker's wisdom in so organizing his creatures. That God is all-wise is a revealed truth ; and whether the organization before us seem excellent or imperfect it matters not ; we know it is perfect and good, being the work of an all-wise God.
Página 338 - If we now consider the construction of the Pedicellaria and their manner of life as a whole, we can scarcely believe them to be anything but organs of the sea-urchin." The following reasons seem to prove the accuracy of this opinion : " 1st. In all sea-urchins, without exception, are found Pedicellaria, and under the same circumstances ; which would certainly not always be the case if they were parasitical animals, — just as...

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