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CIRCULATION II 



in lymph and plasma, 1063 



urea and, 1064 

 molecular weight, 974 

 osmotic pressure-concentration curves, 



972 



osmotic pressure due to, 974 



permeability of muscle capillaries to, 

 1013 

 Alcohol 



hepatic blood How and, 1400 

 Aldosterone 



shock and, 1 1 16 

 Alexander, R. S. 



The peripheral venous system, 1075- 

 1098 

 Alkali metal ions 



ionic radii, 1 137 



relative entrance rates into muscle, 

 .138 



relation ion size to electric field mo- 

 bility, 1 138 

 Alloxan diabetes 



atherosclerosis and, 1201 



lipid metabolism in, 1201 

 Altitude 



circulatory and respiratory measure- 

 ments and, 1 720 

 Alveoli 



capillary gas exchange, 167 1 



hypoventilation 



alveolovascular reflexes, 172 3 

 in chronic bronchitis, 1722 

 in various conditions, 1722 



pressure, transmural vessel pressure 

 and, 1 708 



relationship to capillaries, 1676 



structure of, 1676 



ventilation, determination of, 1682 



ventilation-perfusion ratios, 1684 

 Ammonium 



ionic radii of, 1 137 



mobility in electric field, 11 38 



relative diameter, 1 1 38 

 Ammonium ion 



entrance rate into muscle, 1 138 

 Amniotic fluid 



maternal uterine blood and, 1609 



pressure, placental pressure and, 1608 

 Amyl nitrite 



splenic blood flow and, 1450 

 Amyloid disease 



proteins of edema fluids in, 982 

 Analogue computer techniques 



differentiation, 841 

 Anaphylactic shock 



blood and lymph in, 1059 



lymphatic system in, 1058 

 Anesthesia 



blood vessel dilation and, 900 



hepatic blood flow and, 1405 



mesenteric blood flow in, 1443 



plasma K response to epinephrine and, 

 1 152 



renal blood flow and, 1488 

 Angina pectoris 



causes of, 1550 



origin of pain, 1 565 



response to drugs, 1564 



treatment of, 1572 

 Angiogenesis 



general aspects, 1 258 



in transparent chamber, 1259 

 Angiotensin (angiotoninl 



plasma Na concentration and, 1153 



skeletal muscles and, 1355 



vascular volume and, 955 

 Aniline 



clearance by rat stomach, 1443 

 Anions 



vascular smooth muscle tension and, 



1 '59 

 Anoxia 



capillary filtration coefficients and, 9Q8 

 capillary permeability and, 997 

 collateral development and, 1 260 

 coronary blood vessels and, 1544 

 effects on fetus, 1635-1638 

 fetal blood flow and, 1635 

 fetal hemoglobin and, 1635 

 fetal resistance to, 1638 

 filtration coefficients and, 989 

 intermittent claudication and, 1217 

 muscle blood flow and, 1378 

 pulmonary edema and, 1053 

 reactive hyperemia and, 1375 

 Anterior pituitary hormones 

 atherosclerosis and, 1 202 

 cholesterol metabolism and, 1 202 

 lipid metabolism and, 1 202 

 Anticipation 



venous pressure and, 1090 

 Antidiuresis 



mean regional transit time, water con- 

 centration and, 1 50 1 

 renal medullary circulation in, 1499 

 Antidiuretic hormone 



permeability of collecting ducts and, 



1470 

 urine concentration and, 1472 

 Antipyrine 



capillary clearance blood flow and, 



1023 

 diffusion of, 1002 

 Aorta 



abdominal 



arterial flow pulse in, 849 

 backflow component, 852 

 circumference, 846 

 flow pulses, 852 

 mean peak flow, 846 

 phase relationships, 851 

 resonant flow wave, 851 



acetylcholine and, 1700 



aging and, 875 



analogy to nylon stocking, 806 



arch 



blood distribution of, 849 



pressoreceptors of, 875 

 ascending 



blood flow and, 845, 859 



circumference, 846 



diastolic flow curve, 845 



flow pattern, 859 



flow pulse through, 845 



hemodynamics in, 845, 846, 859 



mass-acceleration effects, 846 



mean peak flow, 846 



mean peak velocity, 846 



pressure-flow relationship, 846 



velocity profile, 845 

 as reservoir, 799, 824-835 

 baroreceptor in, 874 

 blood distribution in arch, 851 

 branches of, flow in, 852 

 central pulse contour, 824-826 

 diastole, backflow and, 847 

 distensibility 



measurement, 801-814 



pressure volume curves and, 8 1 2 

 electrical analogue, 820 

 electrolyte levels in, 1 141 

 extension-release of, 877 

 foam cell in, 1 170 

 function as conduit, 814-824 

 functions of, 799 



histological considerations of, 804-806 

 hysteresis loop, 802-804 

 length, pulsatile changes in, 813 

 muscle contraction in, 807 

 Na and K of, 1 1 4 1 

 phase relationships in, 772 

 physiology, 799-838 

 pressure differences with ventricle, 781- 



782 

 pressure-flow relations in, 820 

 pressure pulse compared to pulmonary, 



1686 

 pressure pulses, reconstruction of com- 

 parative values, 825 

 pressure-volume diagram in, 875 

 pressure-volume diagram, muscular 



arteries and, 879 

 pulse at various positions, 829 

 pulse contour in, Valsalva maneuver 



and, 831 

 reflected waves in, 827 

 resonance 



exit tubes and, 827 



femoral system and, 828 



in visceral arteries and, 829 



mode of, 828 



origin of, 829 



requirements for, 827 



standing waves in, 826-829 

 resonating system and, 827-828 



