INDEX 



895 



XKRVF. 



Pneumogastric nerve continued 



influence on 

 gastric digestion, 529 



secretion, 486 

 heart, 247 

 lungs (trophic), 814 

 muscles of stomach, 530 

 pancreatic secretion, 493 

 respiration, 362 

 vomiting, 531 



mixed function of, 645 



origin, ib. 



Poggendorf's rheochord, ISO 

 Pohl's commutator, 179 

 Polar globules, 828-830 

 Polarimeter, 404 

 Polypeptides, 492, 500 

 Polysaccharidcs, 389 

 Pons Varolii, 623, 625 



grey matter in, 624 

 Portal canals, 505 



circulation, 214 



vein, 505. See Liver. 

 Porus opticua, 771 

 Postero-lateral column, 618 

 Postganglionic fibres, 301 

 Precipitin, 443 

 Pregangliouic fibres, 301 

 Pregnancy, 



corpus luteum of, 823 

 Prepyrimidal tract, 617 

 Presbyopia, 787 

 Presphenoid, 848 

 Pressor nerves, 305 

 Pressure gradient, '281, 367 

 Pressure head, 282 

 Pressure-measurers, 264 

 Primary areas, 695, 696 

 Primitive groove, 831 



germ cells, 821 



jugular veins, 852 



mouth cavity, 845 



nerve-sheath, or Schwann's sheath, 92 



streak, 831 

 Processus gracilis, 740 



vaginalis, 876 

 Projection fibres, 659 

 Prouephros, 872 

 Pro-nucleus, female, 828, 830 



male, 830 

 Propeptone, 487 

 Prosencephalon, 624 

 Prostate gland, 543 

 Protamines, 404 

 Proteid metabolism, 7 

 Proteids, 7, 395 



absorption of, 520 



action on polarized light, 397 



of blood, 416 



classification, 399 



coagulated, 400 



colour reactions, 397 



composition, 395 



conjugated or compound, 399 



crystallisation, 397 



indiffusibility of, 396 



osmotic pressure of, 326 



precipitants of, 398 



simple, 399 



solubilities, 396 

 Proteoses, 396, 400, 487 



characters of, 487 

 Prothrombin, 414, 428 

 Proto-albumose, 487 

 Protoplasm, 7, S, 824, 829 



chemical structure, 9 



RESPIRATION-. 



Protoplasm continued 



irritability, 15 



movements, 12 ct seq., 100 

 Proto-vertebrae, 833, 844 

 Pseudo-mucin, 402 

 Pseudo-nuclein, 402 

 Pseudopodia, 13, 15 

 Pseudoscope, 811 

 Pseudo-stomata, 219 

 Ptosis, 805 

 Ptyalin, 475, 480 

 Ptyalinogen, 476 

 Pulmonary artery, 850 

 Pulsation, maximal, 292 

 Pulse, anacrotic, 290 



arterial, 287 et seq. 



dicrotic, 291 



velocity, 281 

 Purine bases, 403, 562 

 Purkiiije's cells, 197, 649 



fibres, 89 



figures, 790 



phenomenon, 797 

 Pyloric glands, 450, 482 

 Pyramidal tracts, 615 et seq. 

 Pyramids of medulla oblongata, 626 



of kidney. See Kidney. 



P/cibram, Hans, theory of classification by muscle 

 proteids, 157 



Q. 

 Quinquand, output of the l.eart, 246 



R. 



Racemose glands, 472 



Ranke's metabolic balance-sheet, 587 



diet table, 461, 587 

 Rathke's pouch, 846 

 Raynaud's disease, 311 

 Reaction time in man, 675 

 Re luced eye, 779 

 Reflex arc, 671 



actions, 667 



inhibition of, 670 



in frog, 669, 679 



in man, 671 

 superficial, ib. 

 tendon, 672 



of nerves, 163, 198 



of spinal cord, 669 et seq. 

 Reflexes, uterine, 677 

 Refraction, laws of, 777 

 Refractive media of eye, ib. 

 Regions of body. See Frontispiece. 

 Reid, Waymouth, experiments on absorption from 



the intestines, 523 

 Rflmak, fibres of, 95 



ganglion of, 252 

 Renal circulation, 214 



epithelium, activity of, 546 



oncometer, 545 

 Rennet, 462 



Reproductive organs, 816 ct seq. 

 Requisites of diet, 587 

 Reserve air, 358 

 Residual air, ib. 

 Resistance, peripheral, 260 

 Respiration, 343 



abdominal type, 354 



alteration in atmospheric pressure, 374 



breathing or tidal air, 357 



chemistry of, 374 



effect on circulation, 366 



