INDEX. 



889 



Blood, hemoglobin in, 385 

 amount, 389 

 nature, 389 



hemolysis of red corpuscles, 385 



histological structure of, 381 



leucocytes of, 404 



nucleoproteid in. 414 



osmotic pressure of, 386 



proteids of, 410, 413 



reaction of, 382 



reasons for not clotting in vessels, 

 419 



red corpuscles of, 384 

 fate of, 401 

 origin of, 401 



regeneration of, after hemorrhage, 

 424 

 Blood-plasma, composition of, 408 

 Blood-plates, effect of hemorrhage 

 upon, 425 



part taken by, in coagulation, 417 



properties of, 406 

 Blood-pressure, effect of menstrua- 

 tion upon, 846 



in brain, 556 



relation of, to heart rate, 527 



respiratory waves of, 588 



Traube-Hering waves of, 544 

 Blood-serum, 382, 409 



specific gravity of, 383 



total quantity of, 423 



transfusion of, 426 

 Body equilibrium in nutrition, 785 



sense area, 188 



temperature in man, 821 

 Bowman's theory of urinary secre- 

 tion, 743 

 Brain, association areas of, 207 



auditory center in, 198 



center for taste, 204 

 for olfaction, 202 



centers affected in aphasia, 204 



development of cortical areas, 210 



effect of variations in arterial 

 pressure upon, 557 



intracranial pressure in, 556 



localization of function in, 181 



motor areas of, 183 



regulation of circulation in, 559 



sensory areas of, 188 



vascular supply of, 552 

 Brightness in visual sensations, 319 

 Bronchi, capacity of, 581 



constrictor and dilator fibers of, 

 625 

 Buffy coat of blood, 415 

 Burdach, column of, 162 



Caffein, 757, 805 

 Caisson disease, 629 



Calcarine fissure, relation of, to vision, 



195 

 Calcium salts, effect of, on heart, 

 501 

 importance of, in clotting of 

 blood, 416 

 in curdling of milk, 696 

 nutritive value of, 803 

 of milk, 429 

 Calorie, definition of, 35, 823 

 Calorimeters, varieties of, 824 

 Calorimetric equivalent, 825 



measurements, 828 

 Calorimetry, indirect, 827 



principles of, 823 

 Cannula, washout, 443 

 Capillary blood-pressure, 452 



electrometer, construction of, 94 

 Carbohydrates, absorption of, 713 

 as glycogen formers, 732 

 as source of body fat, 798 

 fate of, in body, 793 

 fermentation of, in intestine, 714 

 general functions of, 794 

 of muscle, 59 

 supply of, in body, 793 

 Carbon dioxid, action on respira- 

 tory center, 621 

 condition of, in blood, 604 

 effect of, in inspired air, 594, 



629 

 excretion of, through skin, 770 

 in balance experiments, 785 

 in saliva, 669 



production of, in muscle, 62 

 tension of, in alveolar air, 607 

 in arterial blood, 608 

 in tissues, 608 

 in venous blood, 607 

 equilibrium, 785 

 monoxid hemoglobin, 391 

 Cardiac cycle, 488 



glands of stomach, 683 

 muscle, properties of, 54, 504 

 nerves (see Heart) 

 Cardiogram, 482 



Cardio-inhibitory center, 517, 518 

 Carnin, 61 

 Casein, 695, 879 

 Catalase, 664 

 Catalysis, 658 



Catelectrotonic currents, 101 

 Catelectrotonus, 83 

 Cathode as stimulus, 82 



physical and physiological, 89 

 Centers in cerebrum (see Cerebrum) 

 Central field of vision, 313 

 Centrosome, 848 



Cerebellum, ending of spinal tracts 

 in, 164 

 experimental work upon, 220 

 general functions of, 219, 223 



