Index 



Acclimation, 67, 72, 87, 93 



aestivation, 40, 78 



accessory air-breathing organs, 30, 



106 

 air capillaries, 53 

 air sacs, 48, 50, 51,61, 137, 139 

 alkali reserve, 100, 101 

 alveolar air, 58, 83 

 aspiratory pump, 104 

 ATP, 87, 129, 130, 132 

 auriculo-ventricular valves, 107, 



112 



Blood VOLUME, 3, 106 

 Bohr shift, 98 

 bradycardia, 64, 65 

 branchiostegal apparatus, 21, 26 

 bucco-pharyngeal, 44, 48 

 buccal pump, 19, 44, 50, 137 

 bulbus arteriosus, 103, 105 

 buoyancy, 36, 62 



Caisson sickness, 62, 64 

 carbonic anhydrase, 99 

 carbon dioxide, 6, 59, 84, 97, 99 

 carotid arch, 108, 116, 118 

 carotid sinus, 84 

 chloride shift, 100 

 conus arteriosus, 103, 109 

 co-ordination, 79 

 coronary circulation, 105, 108 

 costal pump, 49, 53, 137, 138 

 coughing, 27 



counter-current, 14, 35, 88, 96 

 cutaneous respiration, 11, 29, 44, 



47, 50, 1 1 1 

 cytochrome, 126 

 cytochrome oxidase, 127 



Dehydrogenase, 127 



desert, 78, 89, 90 



diaphragm, 56,65, 137, 139 



diffusion, 1, 94 



diurnal rhythm, 39, 76, 86 



dissociation curves, 95 



diving, 60, 95 



double circulation, 106, 114, 117 



ductus arteriosus, HI, 116, IIJ 



120, 122 

 ductus caroticus. 111, 114, 116 



Enzymes, 70, 127 

 Evans blue, 109, 110 

 external gills, 8 



Flavoproteins, 128 

 foetus, 96, 97, 118, 119 

 foramen of Panizza, 115, 117 

 foramen ovale, 120, 122 



Gas gland, 33, 97 

 gill, 7, 8, 24, 85 

 gill resistances, 18 

 gill filament, 12, 16 

 glottis, 42, 50 

 glycolysis, 63, 65, 130 



Haemoglobin, 2, 44, 95-101 

 Harvey, 51, 120 

 heat conservation, 87 

 heat loss, 68, 89 

 heat production, 86 

 hemibranchs, 8, 9 

 hibernation, 62, 76-78 

 holobranch, 8 

 homoiotherm, 67, 73, 86 

 hyoid, 21,44 



