INDEX 



1403 



Epithelium, ciliated, 277 

 Equilibration, 449 



dynamic, 677 



functions of labyrinth in, 677 



static, 680 

 Erectile tissue, 1365 

 Erection, 1365 

 Erepsin, 810 

 Erg, definition, 295 

 Ergastoplasm, 753 

 Ergotoxin, action of, 1324 

 Erlanger's sphygmornanometer, 988 

 Erythroblasts, 940 

 Erythrodextrin, 75, 741 

 Esbach's reaction, 105 

 Esters, 50, 51, 59 



mixed, 59 



glyceryl, 59 

 Ester method for separation of aruino- 



acids, 89 



Ethereal sulphates, excretion of, 869 

 Ethylamine, 54 

 Euglobulin, 977 

 Eustachian tube, 571 



valve, 1379 

 Excitability, 28 

 Excitation, duration of current, 305 



effect of intrapolar length, 301 



minimal gradient, 306 



Nernsfs theory, 321 



rate of change, 304 



strength of current, 305 



time, 306 



without contraction, 258 

 Excitatory process, nature of, 319 



response, nature of, 305 

 Exophthalmic goitre, 1329 

 Extensibility of muscle, 228 

 Extensor reflex. 376 

 External auditory meatus. 569 

 Exteroceptive nervous system, 534 

 Eye, angle between axes in, 597 



centring of, 596 



constants of, in man, 592 



dark-adapted, 538 



filtration angle of, 667 



movements, centies for, 460, 496 



optical defects in. 594 

 Eyeball, dioptric mechanism of, 587, 590 



electrical changes in, 631 



nutrition of, 664-668 



rotation of, 655 



Eyeballs, movements of, 653-657 

 Eye- muscles, extrinsic, 653 

 intrinsic, 615 



inner vat ion of, 615 



FACIAL nerve, nucleus of, 427, 429, 467 

 Facilitation of reflexes, 344 

 Faeces, composition of, 851 



examination of, in metabolism ex- 

 periments, 726 

 False vocal cords, 579 

 FaraSa.y-Tynda.il phenomenon, 160 

 Far point of vision, 608 - 

 Fasciculus retroflexus, 476 



solitariiis, 414, 426 



Fasting, metabolism in, 692, 698-705 

 Fatigue, cause of, 235 



muscular, 234 

 Fat, 49, 58, 60, 885 

 absorption of, 832 

 acid number of, 61 

 composition of, 885 

 depots, 884 

 estimation in food, 686 



in fffices, 727 

 formation from food, 886 



from carbohydrates, 887 

 from proteins, 890 

 functions of, 885 

 history of, in body, 884-898 

 in intestinal epithelium, 834 

 iodine number of, 61, 885 

 metabolism in starvation, 705 

 oxidation of, 894 

 saponification number of, 61 

 solubility of, 836 

 stains for, 833 

 synthesis of, 132, 188 

 utilisation of, in body, 892 

 Fats, action of gastric juice on, 773 



influence of, on metabolism, 711 

 Fatty acids, 53, 59 



heat equivalents, 862 

 volatile, 61 



Fatty degeneration, nature of, 833 

 Feckner's law, 539, 548 

 Filing's test, 69, 1254 

 Fenestra ovalis, 573 

 Fenton's reaction, 1237 

 Ferment action, adsorption in, 187 



reversibility of, 185, 187 

 velocity of, 181, 183 

 Fermentation in stomach, 767 

 Fermentation test, 1255 

 Ferments, 175-188 



action on optical isomers, 186 



adenase, 878 



amylase, 176 



arginase, 176, 866 



as catalysers, 177 



catalase, 1237 



characters, 175 



classification, 176 



deaminising, 171, 176 



definition, 175 



effect of end-products on, 185 



enterokinase, 176 



erepsin, 176 



inverting, 176 



isolation of, 175 



laccase, 1237 



lactase, 176 



lactic, 176 



lipase, 176, 188 



maltase, 176, 187 



miclease, 877 



optimum temperature for, 178 



oxidases, 1237 



pepsin, 176, 188, 768 



peroxidase, 1237 



properties of, 176 



rennin, 772 



