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INDEX 



Brain, localization of function in, 



258, 259 

 Breathing, 162, 163 



CALORIE, definition of, 176 

 Calorimetry, 180 

 direct, 183 

 indirect, 184 

 Capillaries, 19, 116 

 Carbohydrates in blood, 111, 140 

 in body, 25 

 in diet, 24 

 in fasting, 171, 193 

 in liver, 138 

 metabolism of, 138-146 

 Carbon dioxid, elimination of, 



160-164 



in expired air, 163, 164 

 from protein, carbohydrate, 



and fat, 172 

 as stimulus to respiratory 



center, 164, 248 

 retention, 175 

 Cardia, 57 

 Cardiac sphincter, effect of acid 



upon, 71 

 regulation of, 70 

 Cecum, 58, 98 

 Cells, 12, 15 

 Central resistance, 52 

 Chocolate, value of, in diet, 225 

 Cholesterin in bile, 95 

 Chyme, 73, 75 

 Circulation, portal, 120 

 pulmonary, 118 

 systemic, 116 

 Coagulation of blood, 113 

 fibrin and, 113 

 thrombin and, 113 

 Coffee, food value of, 224 

 Colon, 58 



Colon, absorption in, 130-133 



antiperistalsis in, 100 



movements of, 100 



peristalsis in,, 88, 100, 101 

 Connective tissue, 37, 149 

 Contraction, 14, 36^2 

 Co-ordination, 17, 245 

 Corpuscles in blood, 108 



red, 107 



white, 110 

 Creatinin from protein, 156 



DEAMINIZATION, 153 



Dextrose from amino-acids, 154 



Diabetes, cause of, 145 



light thrown on protein metab- 

 olism by, 154 

 Dialysis and absorption, 128 



definition of, 128 

 Diastatic enzymes, 32, 67, 91 

 Digestion, children and, 205 

 cooking an aid in, 30 

 definition of, 28 

 effect of fatigue upon, 206 

 of nervous condition upon, 



204 



gastric, 85 

 intracellular, 34 

 peptic, 86 



quantity of food and, 212 

 salivary, 67 

 tryptic, 92, 93 



Digestive juices, action of, 31-35 

 gastric juice, 78-87 

 intestinal, 93 

 pancreatic juice, 91-93 

 saliva, 63-65, 67 

 Disaccharids, 26, 94 

 Diuretics, action of, 167 

 Ductless glands, 45, 238 

 Duodenum, 57 



