INDEX 



271 



TEA, food value of, 224 



Tendon, 37 



Thrombin in coagulation, 113 



Thyroid gland, 239 

 and cretinism, 240 

 and goiter, 239 

 secretion of, 239-241 



Transformation of energy, 181- 

 183 



Transverse band, 70 



Trypsin, activation of, 92 

 in pancreatic juice, 92 



Trypsinogen, 92 



Tryptic digestion, 92, 93 



UREA from amino-acids, 154, 165 



in plasma, 112 



in urine, 165 

 Uric acid in urine, 166 



properties of, 166, 221 

 Urine, action of salts upon, 226 



albumin in, 167 



composition of, 165-167 



secretion of, by kidneys, 165- 

 168 



Urine, sugar in, 140 

 urea in, 165 

 uric acid in, 166 



VENTRICLE, 116, 119, 120 

 "Vicious cycle," 206, 207 

 Villi, 130 



in absorption, 130 

 Vitalism, 11 

 Vomiting, 76, 77 



WASTE products in bile, 95 

 in blood, 112 

 in feces, 102, 168, 169 

 Water as metabolic product, 160 

 drinking, excretion and, 218 

 meals and, 218, 219 

 nutrition and, 217-219 

 effect of temperature upon 



elimination of, 199, 200 

 elimination of, by kidneys, 164 

 White corpuscles, 110 



X-RAY studies of stomach, 72-76 



