GENERAL INDEX. 



813 



Pans hcpatis, iii. 161. 



Tarini, iii. 673. 67fi. 703. 



Varoiii, i. 732; ii. 270. 272, 73; iii. 673. fi78. 



685. 



office of the pons Varoiii, iii. 723 E. 

 Popliteal aneurism, i. 2,>6. See Aneurism ; ARTERY. 

 artery, ii. 243 ; iii. 48. 



branches to knee-joint, iii. 48. 

 Pop! teal nerve, iv. 7ti8. 

 internal, iv. 62. 

 external, iv. 62. 

 vein, i. 242; iii. 128; iv. 1411. 



origin ancicour.se, iv. 1411, 1412. 

 POPLITEAL REGION ANL> POPLITEAL ARTERY, iv. GO. 

 definition, iv. 60. 

 muscles, iv. 61. 

 nerves, iv, 62. 

 popliteal artery, iv. 62. 

 varieties, iv. 63. 

 branches, iv. 64. 

 operative relations, iv. 64. 

 Puplitciis muscle, iii. 139. ; iv. 62. 

 relations and action, iii. 139. 

 nerve tor the, iv. 769. 

 Porcupine, common (Hystrix cristnta), anatomy of the, iv. 



372, et seq. 



quill, of the structure of the, s. 478. 498. 

 Porciipiiin-rat of Azara (Ecluinys), anatomy of the, iv. 



372, et scq. 



FuRii'EKA, or Amorphozoa (Sponges), i. 108; iv. 64. 

 definition, iv. 64. 

 division into families, iv. 65. 

 skeleton, iv. 66. 

 gelatinous cortex, iv. 67. 

 irritability, iv. 67. 

 circulation of water, iv. 67. 



hypotheses, iv. 68. 

 reproduction, iv. 69; s. 6. 

 gemmules, iv. 70. 

 ova of, s. [129]. 



non-existence of muscles in the, iii. 532. 

 nervous system of the, iii. Gnl. 

 organs of locomotion in, i. 40. 

 Porpita, mode of locomotion of the, iii. 433. 

 1'orrigo favosa, iv. 144. 

 Put-till canals, iv. 1414. 

 Portal vv'm, iii. 167 ; iv. 250. 1414; s. 381. 

 veins which form the portal, iv. 1414. 

 inferior mesenteric, iv. 1414. 

 splenic, iv. 1414. 

 superior mesenteric, iv. 1414. 

 trunk of portal vein, iv. 1414. 

 hepatic veins, iv. 1414. 



anastomosis of portal and caval veins, iii. 176. 

 vaginal branches and vaginal plexus, iii. 167. 

 inlerlobiilar veins, iii. 167. 

 tubular veins, iii. 168. 

 abdominal and hepatic origins of the portal vein, iii. 



168. 

 formation of the portal vein in the various Vertebrate 



classes, iii. 176. 

 anastomoses of the portal and caval veins, iii. 176. 



178. 



nerves of, iv. 13S2. 

 Portia dura, or facial nerve, i. 748, 749 ; iii. 93. 572. 707. 



903 ; iv. 514. 



posterior auricular branch, iii. 904. 

 digastric branch, iii. 904. 

 stylo-hyoid brandies, iii. 904. 

 media, or intermedia, of the seventh pair of nerves, iv. 



545. 548. 



mollis or auditory nerve, iii. 707. 

 Portuguese man-of-war, i. 35. 45. Sec ACALEPH/E. 

 Portis opticus, ii. 186. 192. 

 Pot-is/i, action of, on protein, iv. 164, 165. 



and on fibrin, iv. 164. 

 Potato, composition of the, s. 394. 



considered as the staple aliment, s. 394. 



and as mixed with other kinds of food, s. 394. 

 ravages of the wire-worm on the potato crops, ii. 



861, note *. 

 Potoroos, or Hypsiprymnus, a genus of Marsupialia, iii. 



'J(>5, ft seq. 



characters of the genus, iii. 2fi5, 266. 

 Pouch, recto-vesical, s. 3fi9. 

 Pouches of monkeys, iv. 208. 



uses of, iv. 208. 



Poupart's ligament, i. 3*. 5 ; ii. 235, 236. 757 ; s. 137. 

 Prawn, mode of progression of the, iii. 436. 

 Fraying insects (Mantidx), ii. 864. 

 Pregnancy, position of the uterus at the end of, s. 648. 

 usual cessation of menstruation during, ii. 440. 

 duration of, constancy of, throughout all the races of 



mankind, iv. 1341. 



enlargement of abdominal veins attendant on preg- 

 nancy, i. 15. 

 pregnancy, a predisposing cause of fragility of the 



bones, i. 441. 



urine of pregnant women, characters of, iv. 1291-. 

 Prehension of food, s. 397. 



the tongue as an organ of, iv. 1151. 

 Prepuce, pra>putium, iii. 910. 



Prepuce continued. 



fniMHim pra-putii, iii. 910. 

 monk's-bead piepuce, iv. 1256. 

 preputial calculi, iv. 82. 

 Preputium clitoridis, s. 709. 

 Presbyopia, i. 80; iv. 1451. 1465. 

 causes, iv. 1465. 

 treatment, iv. 1466. 



presbyopic spectacles, iv. 1466, Mii". 

 Presentation of the I'cvtus in parturition, iii. 907. 

 of the head, iii. 907. 



first position, iii. 907. 



second position, iii. 907. 

 of the face, iii. 908. 



first position, iii. 908. 



second position, iii. 908. 

 of the lower extremities nates presentations, iii. 



908. 

 cross presentation, iii. 908. 



causes, iii. 908. 



Prc-vcrtebral fascia of the neck, iii. 569. 

 Primitive vein, right, ii. 828. 

 Pristis antiquorum, or saw-fish, rostrum of, iii. 97. 



980. 

 Proboscidia, organs and mode of locomotion of the, iii. 



454. 



Proboscis of the elephant, iii. 875. 

 Proccrus muscle, iii. 728. 

 Process and l j rocesscs : 



acromion, i. SOU; ii. 157, 158; iv. 600. 

 angular, external and internal, i. 729. 

 arciformes, iii. 680. 

 articular of sacrum, s. 118. 

 auditory, external, i. 733. 

 auricular or maxillary, ii. 213. 

 azygos (rostrum), i. 726. 



of the spheroid bone, i. 255. 

 basilar, i. 726. 732. 

 brevis mallei, ii. 546. 

 ceratohyal, iv. 1124. 



cerebelli ad medullam oblongatam, iii. 693. 

 cerebelli ad testes, iii. 677. 686. 690. 693. 704. 722 O. 

 ciliary, of choroid, ii. 180. 



of the vitreous humour, ii. 193, 194. 

 clinoid, or posterior ephippial, i. 726. 

 cochleiriform, i. 734; ii. 54i. 

 condyloid, i. 732; ii. 215. 

 coracoid, i. 359; ii. 157. 

 coronoid , ii. 66. 215. 



of ulna, ii. 162. 



structure of the, ii. 163. 

 cornu, of acetabulum, ii. 777. 

 cribriformis, i. 730. 



cristate of the ethmoid bone, i. 729, 730. 

 cubital, ii. 160. 

 dentate, i. 251. 

 ephippial anterior, or anterior clinoid, i. 728. 



posterior, or clinoid, i. 726. 

 cthmoidal, i. 728; ii. 213. 

 femoris, exterior, ii. 1(55. 

 interior, ii. 166. 

 frontal, i. 729. 

 genial, ii. 214. 

 gracilis, ii. 545. 561. 

 haniular of lachrymal bone, iii. 90. 



of sphenoid bone, i. 727. 



interims, or sustentaculum cervicis tali, ii. 339. 

 jugular, i. 732. 

 lachrymal, ii.213. 

 lateral, i. 732. 

 lenticularis incudis, ii. 547. 



development, ii. 560. 



abnormal conditions of, ii. 561. 

 longus mallei, ii. 54<i. 

 malar, ii. 208. 



mammilliform fibrous, 9. 125. 

 mastoid, i. 734. 



maxillary, or auricular, ii. 210. 213. 

 mental, ii 213. 

 nasal, i. 729, 730 ; ii. 08. 210. 



or lachrymal, of lowest spongy bone, iii. 91. 

 olecranon, i. 217 ; ii. 63. 66. 162. 



fracture of the, ii. 69. 



structure of the, ii. 163. 

 olfactory, iii. 597- 

 olivaris, i. 728. 

 orbital of frontal bone, i. 730. 

 orbitar, i. 731 ; ii. 211. 

 palatine, ii. 208, 210. 

 pituitary, iii. 673. 703. 

 primi genii, i. 729. 

 pterygoid, i. 727; ii. 211. 

 scmicircularis, i. 733. 

 spermatic, ii. 841. 844. 

 spine of the scapula, ii. 157. 

 spinous, posterior superior, s. 114. 

 anterior superior, s. 114. 

 interior, s. 115. 



of the ilium, posterior superior, s. 115. 

 anterior superior, ii. SCO. 



of sacrum, s. 118. 



of sphenoid, i. 727,728. 



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