"Gastro-" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... layers of longitudinal and transverse muscles, and usually has paired pouches extending out from it into the body parenchym. These seem to distribute the dissolved nutriment; hence the whole cavity is still often called a gastro-vascular cavity as serving both digestion and circulation. There is no anal opening, but indigestible material is still cast out through ...
— The Whence and the Whither of Man • John Mason Tyler
... exhibit tremors, and the deep reflexes become exaggerated. The nerves are liable to be pressed upon as they pass through the intervertebral foramina, and this gives rise to pain and other disturbances of sensation in their area of distribution. These pains may simulate those associated with renal or gastro-intestinal affections. ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles |
