INDEX 



717 



Pupil, dilatation of, 647 

 center for, 542 



reflexes, 647 

 Purkinje's cells, 562 



figures, 653 



shadows, 676 



Purkinje-Sanson's images, 673 

 Putamen, 548 



Putrefaction in intestines, 347 

 Pyramids, 534 



decussation of, 535 



RACEMOSE glands, 294 

 Ranvier, nodes of, 65 

 Reaction of degeneration, 474 

 Red corpuscles, 107 



action of reagents on, 133 

 chemical composition of, 118 

 , development of , no 

 origin of, no 

 varieties of, no 



nucleus, 546 

 Reflex action, 519 



time of, 523 



arc, 519 



centers in medulla, 540 

 Reflexes, complex, 521 



cutaneous, 528 



inhibition of, 527 



morbid, 527 



muscle, 528 



simple, 520 



special centers for, 526 



spinal, 524 



tendon, 528 

 Refraction, 671 

 Refractory period, 172 



phase, 465 



Relaxation phase of muscle, 449 

 Remak's fibers, 66 



ganglia, 175 

 Rennin, 303, 334 



action of, 327, 337, 357 

 reproductive organs, 679 



of female, 683 



of male, 679 

 Reserve air, 260, 285 

 Residual air, 260 

 Respiration, 243 



changes in diameter of chest, 

 during, 284 



Respiration, effect of altitude on, 280 

 of, on circulation, 280 

 of various gases on, 279 

 of vitiated air on, 279 



expiration, 256 



influence of cutaneous nerves on, 



288 

 of general sensory nerves on, 



274, 288 



of glosso-pharyngeal on, 274 

 of phrenic on, 289 

 of superior laryngeal on, 274 

 of vagus on, 273, 289 



inspiration, 253 



internal, 244 



laboratory experiments in, 283 



mechanism of, 253 



nervous apparatus of, 272, 288 



rhythm of, 258 



special types of, 277 



tissue, 244 



volume of air breathed, 284 

 Respirations, number of, 262, 283 

 Respiratory apparatus, 244 



elimination of carbon diox- 

 ide by, 271 

 nervous regulation of, 272 



capacity, 260, 285 



circumstances affecting, 261 



center, 272, 542 



automatic action of, 275 

 stimulation of, 275 



changes in air breathed, 263 

 in the blood, 267 

 in the tissues, 270 



interchange, 290 



movements, 253 



character of, 283 

 establishment of, at birth, 



277 



nervous mechanism of, 288 

 rate and character of, 287 

 recording of, 257, 283 

 relative time of, 258 

 of nostrils and glottis, 257 



murmur, 259 



muscles, force of, 262 



pressure, 267, 285 



quotient, 266 



rate, 262, 283 



rhythm, 258 



