XIV CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XXIII PAGE 



THE BLOODFLOW IN THE ARTERIES 198 



The Pulses, 198; General Characteristics, 198; Eate of Transmission of Pulse 

 Waves, 198; Contour of the Pulse Curves, 200; Velocity Pulse, 200; Palpable 

 Pulse^202; Analysis of the Curve, 202; The Dicrotic Wave, 203; Causes of 

 Disappearnce of the Pulse in the Veins, 205. 



CHAPTER XXIV 



RATE OF MOVEMENT OF THE B-LOOD IN THE BLOOD VESSELS 206 



Velocity of Flow in a Vessel, 206; Mass Movement of the Blood in a Vas- 

 cular Area, 208; The Visceral Bloodflow in Man, 212; Circulation, 212; Work 

 of the Heart, 213; Circulation Time, 214; Movement of Blood in the Veins, 

 214. 



CHAPTER XXV 



THE OUTPUT OF THE HEART IN RELATION TO THE VENOUS INFLOW, CHANGE OF 



RATE, 'ETC 216 



Output of the Heart per Beat, 216; Effect of Alteration in Rate of Heart 

 Beat on Output of Blood, 218; Dilatation and Tonus, 219; Dynamics of Cir- 

 culation, 219; Reserve Power of the Heart, 220; Testing Cardiac Efficiency, 

 220. 



CHAPTER XXVI 



THE CONTROL OF THE CIRCULATION 221 



Nerve Control, 222; Vagus Control in the Cold-blooded and the Mammalian 

 Heart, 222; Tonic Vagus Action, 226; Afferent Vagus Impulses, 227; Mech- 

 anism of Action of Vagus on the Heart, 229; Termination of the Vagus Fi- 

 bers in the Heart, 230 ; Sympathetic Control,, 232. 



CHAPTER XXVII 



THE CONTROL OF THE CIRCULATION (OONT'D) 234 



Nerve Control of the Peripheral Resistance, 234; Detection of Constriction 

 or Dilatation, 234; Detection of Vasomotor Fibers in Nerves, 236; Origin of 

 Vasomotor Nerve Fibers, 237; Vasomotor Nerve Centers, 240; Independent 

 Tonicity of Blood Vessels, 241. 



CHAPTER XXVIII 



THE CONTROL OF THE CIRCULATION (CONT'D) 242 



Control of the Vasomotor Center, 242; Hormone Control, 242; Nerve Control, 

 243; Pressor and Depressor Impulses, 243; Reciprocal Innervation of Vas- 

 cular Areas, 247; Influence of Gravity on the Circulation, 248; Capillary 

 Circulation, 251. 



CHAPTER XXIX 



PECULIARITIES OF BLOOD SUPPLY IN CERTAIN VISCERA 254 



Circulation in the Brain, 254; Anatomical Peculiarities, 254; Physical Condi- 

 tions of the Intracranial Circulation, 256; Physiological Conditions of the In- 

 tracranial Circulation, 258; Vasomotcr Nerves, 262; Intracranial Pressure, 

 263; Circulation through the Lungs, 264; Circulation Through the Liver, 

 265; The Coronary Circulation, 267. 



CHAPTER XXX 



CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF CERTAIN PHYSIOLOGICAL METHODS 270 



Electrocardiograms, 270; Interpretation of Electrocardiograms by the Triangle 

 Method, 271; The Ventricular Complex, 274. 



