As was to be expected, the discovery of the nervous apparatus of the salivary glands immediately impelled physiologists to seek a similar apparatus in other glands lying deeper in the digestive canal.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Finding nerve structures in salivary glands led scientists to look for similar ones in deeper digestive glands.
- In plain terms
- Nerve findings in one gland led to searching others.
- What can you take from it?
- Discoveries in one area guide research in related areas.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does one discovery lead you to explore?
- Do patterns guide your research?
Another view
Similarities might not exist even if one expects them.
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