The first three segments behind the head were dilatable at the will of the insect, and had on each side a large black pupillated spot, which resembled the eye of the reptile.
Many birds have the oesophagus or the skin of the neck more or less dilatable, but in no known bird is it so dilatable as in the Pouter pigeon.
The Asp (Naja haje) has a less dilatable neck; it is of a greenish colour, and marked with brownish spots.
The Basilisk is distinguished from the other Iguanian Lizards by the absence of the long and dilatable skin under the throat, and by the presence of an elevated crest which runs along the whole length of the back and tail.
We might have bodies whose expansion would be negligible and which would act like ordinary rigid solids; and, on the other hand, bodies very dilatable and which would act like non-Euclidean solids.
In many cases, these callous contractions give way more or less when the head begins to press powerfully against them; but even where this is not the case, the healthy portion of the os uteri is so dilatable as to yield sufficiently.
The bladder is a dilatable reservoir for the retention of the urine until the discomfort of its presence causes its voluntary discharge.
The fundus, being the most dilatable part of the stomach, is in most cases disproportionately dilated in comparison with the pyloric region.
The length of the urethra varies at different ages and in different individuals, and its structure in the relaxed state is so very dilatable that it is not possible to estimate the width of its canal with fixed accuracy.
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