754 



INDEX 



Parotid gland, 329 



nerves of, 333 

 Parturition, 734 



center, 559 



Peduncles of cerebrum, 584 

 Pelvic viscera, vascular nerves for, 



246 



Penis, 718 

 Pepsin, 328 



action of, 351 



in gastric juice, 351 

 Pepsinogen, 351 

 Peptone plasma, 124 

 Peptones, 96, 112, 351 



characteristics of, 352 

 Perforating fibers of Sharpey, 46 

 Pericardium, 162 

 Perichondrium, 39, 47 

 Perimysium, 60 

 Perineurium, 69 

 Periosteum, 43 



Peripheral resistance, 207, 231 

 Peristalsis, intestinal, 376 



of stomach, 354 



reversed, 376 



Perivascular lymphatic sheaths, 174 

 Perspiration, 422 

 Pes, 584 



Pfliiger's law of contractions, 502 

 Phagocytes, 154 

 Phagocytosis, 154 

 Phakoscope of Helmholtz, 709 

 Phenomena of life, i 

 Phenomenon of treppe, 528 

 Phosphates, 103 

 Phosphoproteins, 95 

 Phosphoric acid in urine, 411 

 Phosphorus in foods, 447 



in proteins, 106 



Phrenic nerve, influence on respira- 

 tion, 314 

 Physiological material, source of, 16 



utilization of, 16 

 Physiology, i 

 Pigment cells, 33 

 Pigments, bile, 386 

 Pituitary body, 459 

 Placenta, 730 



Plants differentiated from animals, 1 1 

 Plasma, 117, 133 



chemistry of, 159 



composition of, 133 



Plasma, percentage of, in blood, 155 



reaction of, 156 

 Plasmosomes, 19 

 Plethysmogram, 234, 265 

 Pleurae, 270 

 Pneumogastric nerve, 620, and see 



Vagus 



Pneumograph, 280 

 Pons, 567 



Varolii, 576 

 Postdicrotic wave, 229 

 Posterior longitudinal bundle, 577 



pyramids, 567 



roots of spinal nerves, 550, 555 

 Potassium salts in the body, 103 

 Poultry, composition of, 324 

 Precipitins, 146 

 Predicrotic wave, 229 

 Presbyopia, 686 

 Pressor nerves, 238 

 Pressure, endocardiac, 182 

 Prickle cells, 22, 28 

 Prolamins, 89 

 Proliferation, 47 

 Pronucleus, female, 728 



male, 728 

 Prophase, 20 

 Prostate gland, 718 

 Protamines, 91 

 Proteins, 80 



absorption of, from intestines, 



39 2 



action of trypsin on, 362 

 as fat formers, 436 

 as glycogen formers, 436 

 carbon in, 106 

 chemical structure of, 80 

 circulating, 435 

 classification of, 86 

 coagulated, 96 

 color reactions of, 107 

 composition of, 106 

 compound, 92 

 conjugated, 87 

 crystals, 105 



decomposition products, 362 

 derived, 87, 112 

 digestion of, 350 

 floating, 435 

 hydrogen in, 106 

 metabolism of, 434, 435 

 morphotic, 435 



