850 



IXDEX. 



Recurrent sensibility, 572 



Red corpuscles, action of reagents on, 



142 



destruction of, in spleen, 322 

 formation in spleen, 322 

 varieties, 142 

 Red nucleus, 587 

 Reflex action, 555 

 inhibition of, 577 

 morbid, 578 



relation of stimulus to, 556 

 Reflexes, cutaneous, 576 

 Remak's fibres, 95 

 ganglion, 234 

 Rennin, 363 



Reproductive organs, 744 

 Reserve air, 268 

 Residual air, 268 

 Respiration, 251 



effect of altitude on, 296 

 effect on circulation, 287 

 effect of various gases on, 295 

 effect of vitiated air on, 287 

 influence of general sensory nerves 



on, 284 

 of glosso-pharyngeal nerves on, 



284 

 of superior laryngeal nerve on, 



283 



of vagi on, 283 

 inspiration, 261 

 mechanism of, 261 

 movements of vocal cords in, 544* 

 nervous apparatus of, 281 

 rhythm of, 267 

 special acts, 278 

 Respirations, number of, 269 

 Respiratory apparatus, 252 

 capacity, 268 



conditions affecting, 269 

 centre, 282 



automatic action of, 284 

 method of stimulating, 285 

 centres, 595 



changes in air breathed, 271 

 in the blood, 276 

 in the tissues, 277 

 movements, methods of recording, 



265 



of nostrils and glottis, 267 

 murmur, 267 



Respiratory muscles, force of, 269 



quotient, 274 

 Restiform body, 590 

 Retiform tissue, 40 

 Retina, 701 



cones of, 703 



excitation of, 723 



layers of, 702 



reciprocal action of parts of, 736 



rods of, 703 

 Rheoscopic frog, 527 

 Rhythmical contractility, 232 

 Ribs, movements of, in respiration, 262 

 Rigor mortis of muscle, 521 

 Rima glottidis, 253 

 Ritter's tetanus, 531 

 Roy's tonometer, 242 

 Running, 527 



SACCIIAKOSES, 122, 834 

 Saliva, 337 



action of. on starch. 338 

 chemical composition of, 337 

 conditions affecting action of, 340 

 nervous mechanism of secretion. 



341 



properties of, 337, 338 

 ptyalin of, 338 

 quantity of, 338 

 rate of secretion, 338 

 uses of, 338 



Salivary digestion in stomach, 341, 360 

 glands, 333 



changes in cells during secre- 

 tion, 344 



development of, 815 

 nerves of, 336 

 structure of, 333 

 varieties of. 335 

 Sanson's images, 715 

 Sarcode, 2 

 Sarcolemma, 83 

 Sarcomercs, 87 

 Sarcoplasm, 85 

 Sarcosin, 829 



Schiff 's test for uric acid, 477 

 Sebaceous glands, 493 

 Secreting glands, 302 

 Secretion, 297 



circumstances influencing, 305 

 discharge of, 304 



