Twelve hours out of New York, 60 miles off Long Island's fingerlike north tip at Montauk Point, the Panamanian tanker Norness pressed toward Halifax.
When the solution reaches the small intestine, the sugar is moved from the hollow part of the intestine into its mucosal lining through the villi, small fingerlike projections on .
This drew blood out of the heart to the six-cylinder pump, where fingerlike rubber pistons boosted it on its way.