The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
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MONERA: the most primitive of the unicellular organisms. MONISM: belief in the fundamental unity of all things. MORPHOLOGY: the science of organic forms (generally equivalent to anatomy). MYOTOMES: segments into which the muscles break up. NEPHRA: the kidneys; hence:-- Nephridia: the rudimentary kidney-organs. Nephrotomes: the segments of the developing kidneys. ONTOGENY: the science of the development of the individual (generally equivalent to embryology). PERIGENESIS: the genesis of the movements in the vital particles. PHAGOCYTES: cells that absorb food (phagein = to eat). PHYLOGENY: the science of the evolution of species (phyla). PLANOCYTES: cells that move about (planein). PLASM: the colloid or jelly-like matter of which organisms are composed; hence:-- Caryoplasm: the matter of the nucleus (caryon). Cytoplasm: the matter of the body of the cell. Deutoplasm: secondary or differentiated plasm. |
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