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CIRCULATION II 



functional residual capacity, 788 



gross dissection studies of, 1518 



metabolism, methods, 1532 



output 



blood volume and, 1 121 

 comparison of two sides, 1 1 ig 

 hemorrhage and, 1121 

 venous return and, 1 1 20 



pressure differences with aorta, 781-782 



pressure in, during contraction, 771 



rapid and reduced ejection, 772 



septal flow, extravascular mechanical 

 compression and, 1556 



stroke volume 



respiration and, 784 

 variations, 784 



systolic suction, 787 



volume, 782-785 



correlation of terms, 784 

 lung volume and, 783 

 pertinent terminology, 782 

 relationship to body weight, 789 

 under various conditions, 782 

 various activities and, 782-785 

 Ventricular contraction 



atrial filling and, 788, 794 



premature, 781 



valve closure and, 780-781 

 Venturi meter 



principles of, 1 297, 1 298 

 Venules 



leaks in, 1014 

 Vertebrae 



blood supply to, 1655 

 Vertebral arteries 



distribution, 1655 

 Vibrocardiogram 



cardiac cycle and, 777 



Vis a fronte 



analysis of venous return, 1 102 



definition, 854 



schematic representation, 856 

 Vis a tergo 



analysis of venous return, 1 102 

 Visco-elasticity 



application of term, 803 



behavior with stretch, 866 



definition, 867 



description of, 866 



elastic tissue property, 805, 866, 877 



illustration, 867 



smooth muscle property, 866, 872, 878, 

 879 



tendon, lack of, 805 



time-dependent, in umbilical artery, 

 819 



vessel compliance and, 820 

 Viscous flow patterns 



definition, 853 

 Vitamin B 12 



transport in lymph, 1048 



Water 



bound and free in interstitial fluid, 978 



diffusion rates, 1012 



hydrodynamic flow and diffusion of, 



1004 

 in bladder, 1 141 

 in stomach, 1 141 

 in uterus, 1 141 

 in vascular tissue, 1 141 

 permeability of muscle capillaries to, 



1013 

 ratio to extracellular space, 1141 

 relation to sodium hypertension, 11 43 

 splanchnic blood volume and, 1406 



Wedge pressure 



use of, 1687 



values for, 1687 

 Wetterer, E. 



Methods of measuring blood flow, 

 1277-1324 

 Wiedeman, Mary P. 



Patterns of the arteriovenous pathways, 



8 9'~933 

 Windkessel 



analogue of arterial system, 825, 847, 



848, 873 

 definition, 873 

 Windkessel model 

 arterial system 

 discussion of, 847 

 pressure-flow relationship, 847 

 Work 



blood flow, oxygen consumption and, 

 '3/8 

 Wyamine : see Mephentermine 



X wave 



atrial filling and, 786 

 Xanthines 



effect on heart, 1561 



Y wave 



opening of atrioventricular valves and, 

 787 

 Yield pressure 



definition, 1477 

 Young's modulus 



definition 809 



Zinc sulfate 



mean activity coefficients, 1 1 37 



