616 



Ind 



ex 



Aorta, 161 



Aperture, 37 



Apoenzyme, 319 



Aqueous humor, 37, 50 



Arginine, 276 



Arrhenius constant, 405 



Arrhenius plot, 396, 405 



Arteriole, 158 



Artery, 158 



Ascorbic acid spectrum, 486 



Aspartic acid, 276 



Astacin, 358 



Astigmatism, 39, 65 



ATP, 148-151, 346, 366-369 



Attenuation factor, 213 



Audible frequency range, 5, 12 



Audiometer, 15 



Bekesy, 15, 16 



pure tone, 16 



speech, 16 

 Auditory acoustics, 589—594 

 Auricle: 



of the ear, 19 



of the heart, 161-163 

 Auriculo-ventricular (a-v) node, 162, 165 

 Auriculo-ventricular (a-v) values, 163 

 Autocorrelator, 97, 180 

 A-v bundle (of His), 165 

 A-v node, 162, 165 

 Axon, 70, 74, 75 



cable theory, 478 



current patterns, 441 



"myelinated", 74 



"nonmyelinated", 83 



peristaltic-like wave, 442, 478 



Bacteria: 



photosynthetic, 360 

 Bacteriological plate, 249 

 Bacteriophage, 246 (see also Phage) 

 Ballistocardiography 181 

 Basilar membrane, 24—25, 105—106 

 Bats, 53-58 

 Beer's law, 487 

 Bekesy audiometer, 15, 16 

 /3-carotene, 372—373 

 Beta ray, 185, 610, 611 

 /3-waves, 98 

 Binary integer, 462 

 Biomechanics, 137 

 Bird navigation, 61—63, 65 

 Birefringence, 549 

 Bit, 462 



Blepharisma, 229 

 Blind spot, 35, 36 

 Blinking reflex, 40 

 Blood : 



density, 158 



pressure, 158-161 

 diastolic, 159-160 

 systolic, 159-160 



velocity, 158-161 

 Bohr magneton, 530 



Bone conduction, 14 

 Bouger's law, 485 

 Bovine serum albumin, 309—310 

 Brain, 90 



electrical potentials of, 88-102 



ventricle, 90 

 Brain stem, 90 

 "Brain wave", 89 



Canonically conjugate variables, 504 



Capacitor, 73 



Capacity, 73, 607 



Capillary, 158 



Carbohydrates, 270-272 



Carbon dating, 565 



C 1 *, 201, 563-565 



Carbonic anhydrase, 316 



Carboxylase, 319 



Cardinal points, 30, 37, 603 



Carotenoid, 353, 358, 370-372 



Carotenoid oil droplets, 358, 381 



Catalase, 309, 316. 332-341 



diffusion studies, 416—417 



thermodynamic interpretation, 396—399 

 Catalytic reaction, 333 

 Catalyst, 315-316 

 Cavitation, 205, 221-224 



rupture of biological cells, 224-225 



rupture of molecular bonds, 225 

 Cavitation threshold, 222 

 Cellulose, 271-272 

 Cellular fragility: 



determined by ultrasound, 226—229 

 Central nervous system, 75, 89—92 



auditory pathways, 114—115 



visual pathways, 134 

 Centromere, 189-190 

 Centrosome, 190 

 Cerebral cortex, 90 

 Cerebral hemisphere, 90 



occipal lobe, 134 



temporal lobe: 



auditory area, 114—115 

 Cerumen, 20 

 Characteristic frequency, 8 (see also 



Resonance) 

 Characteristic function, 9, 505 

 Chemical releasers, 65 

 Chlorella, 362 



action spectrum, 374 

 Chlorophyll, 370 



a, 370-372 



b, 370-372 

 bacterial, 370-371 

 ethylchlorophyllide b, 484 



Chloroplast, 361-362, 381 

 Cholesterol, 270 

 Choline, 443 



Cholinesterase, 85, 145, 443 

 Choroid layer, 34 

 Chromatic aberration, 49 

 Chromaticity, 120 

 Chromatin material, 189-190 



