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INDEX 



Pancreatic juice, 476 



and fat digestion, 721 



secretion of, 460 

 Pancreatin, 524 

 Parasympathetic system, 895 

 Parathyroids, 800 



disease of, 800 



injury of, 800 



removal of, 800 

 Paralysis, flaccid, 924 

 Paroxysmal tachycardia, 281, 293 

 Partial dissociation, 283 

 Partial pressure of gases, 353 

 Past pointing, 920 

 Pelvic nerve, 895 

 Pelargonic acid, 740 

 Pentose, 670, 696 

 Pepsin, action of, 519 



products of, 520 

 Pepsinogen, 519 

 Peptides, 636 

 Peptone, 106, 520 

 Perfusion, of kidney, 664 



of liver, 652 



Perfusion fluid, of heart, 166 

 Perfusion of heart, 161 

 Periodic breathing, causes of, 385, 386 



types of, 385 

 Peripheral resistance, 135, 234 



as cause of shock, 304 

 Peristalsis : 



in esophagus, 481 



in large intestine, 503 



in small intestine, 497 



in stomach, 486, 489 

 Peristaltic rush, 500, 505 

 Peristaltic wave, 499 



Pernicious anemia, energy output in, 578 

 P'eroxidases, 82 

 PH, 27 



Phagocytes, 98 

 Phenaceturic acid, 738 

 Phenol, 534 

 Phenolacetic acid, 536 

 Phenolphthalein, 516, 558 

 Phenylacetic acid, 664, 738 

 Phenylalanine, 639 

 P'henyl group, 639 

 Phlorhizin, 695, 696 

 Phono-receptors, 855 

 Phosphates, excretion of, 47 

 Phosphate solutions for H-ion, 34 

 Phosphates of urine, 566 

 Phospholipins, 720 



in bile, 532 

 Photo-receptors, 855 

 Phrenic center. 345 



isolation of, 345 

 P'hysiochemical basis, 1 

 Physiological processes depending on ad- 

 sorption, 70 



Pigments, absorption of, 117 

 Pilocarpine, action on heart, 232 



Pilomotor fibers, 897 

 Pineal gland, 820 

 Pituitary gland, 806 



anterior lobe of, 808 

 disease of, 816 

 functions of, 807 

 pars intermedia of, 815 

 posterior lobe, 809 

 Pitot's tubes, 201 

 Pituitrin, effect on vessels, 811 



effect on carbohydrate metabolism, 

 814 



effect on kidney, 812 



effect on milk secretion, 813 

 Plasma, 100 

 Plasmolysis, 8 

 Plastic tonus, 905 

 Platelets, of blood, 98, 107 

 Plethora, 87 



Plethysmograph, 209, 235, 320 

 Pleurisy, 341 



Plexus of Auerbach and Meissner, 500 

 Pneumothorax, 322 

 Poikilocytes, 95 

 Polarity, in conduction, 841 



in reflex arc, 841 

 Polygraph, 286 

 Polynuclear cells, 97 

 Polypeptides, 520, 636 

 Polyphosphoric acid, 670 

 Polysaccharides, 522 

 Polysphygmograms, 285 

 Portal vein, bloodflow in, 265 

 Postdicrotic wave, pulse, 203 

 Postprandial hyperglycemia, 691 

 Postsphygmic period, 150 

 Postural co-ordination, 914 



central control of, 924 

 Posture of body, 917 

 Potassium, microchemical test for, 456 

 Potassium ions, on heart, 167 

 Potential acidity of urine, 559 

 P'recipitins, 632 

 Predicrotic wave, pulse, 203 

 Premature beats, 278, 292 

 Premortal rise, 600 

 Presphygmic period, 150 

 Pressor impulses, 243, 244, 245 

 Pressure : 



intragrastric, 488 



intrapleural, 321 



effect of, in blood pressure, 323 



intrapulmonic, 316 



negative, 322 



osmotic, 10 

 Pressure pulse, 129 

 Principle of Willard Gibbs, 66 

 Proline, 640 

 Proprioceptors, 914 



clinical tests for, 920 

 Prosecretin, 461 

 Proteases, 90 

 Protein sparers, 636 



