900 



INDEX 



Reciprocal inhibition, 814 



action of strychnine on, 819 

 Eeciprocal innervation of blood vessels, 



241, 814 



Bed blood corpuscles, origin of, 92 

 Eeduction of blood, 387 

 Referred pain, 885 

 Reflex, conditioned, 431 



unconditioned, 431 

 Reflex arc, 784 



after effect, 810 



grading of intensity, 809 



irreversibility of conduction, 810 



latent period, 809 



oxygen deprivation, 813 



properties of, 13, 29, 49 



refractory period, 811 



summation, 810 



Reflex conduction, resistance of, 813 

 Reflexes : 



allied, simultaneous integration of, 823 



antagonistic, 824 



axon, 797 



Babinski, 807 



conditioned, 856 



cremasterie, 856 



crossed extension, 804 



extensor thrust, 805 



fatigue of, 825 



flexion, 804, 821 



integration of allied, 821 



interaction between, 821 



irradiation of, 826 



mark-time, 806 



myenteric, 796 



nature of, 825 



nociceptive, 825 



postural, 826 



unconditioned, 431, 856 

 Refractive index, blood, 88 

 Refractory period, 811 

 Refractrometric methods, 88 

 Regeneration of erythrocytes, 93 

 Regulation of neutrality, 36 

 Regurgitation of gastric contents, 449 

 Reichart-Meissl value of fats, 688 

 Reinforcement of knee-jerk, 829 

 Renal diabetes, 661 

 Renal function, theories of, 511 

 Rennin, 488 



Reserve alkalinity, measurements of, indi- 

 rect methods, 42, 46 

 measurement of, titration methods, 41 

 Residual air, 300, 311 

 Respiration : 



abdominal, 307 



beyond the lungs, 378 



during muscular exercise, 410 



in compressed air, 402 



in rarefied air, 399 



mechanics of, 299 



movements of diaphragm in, 321 



movements of ribs in, 319 



Respiration calorimeter, 536 

 Respiratory center, 327 



afferent impulses to, 331, 332 



automaticity of, 329 



hormone control of, 335, 349 



reflex control of, 331 



sensitivity to alveolar CO,, 357 



stimulation by OCX, 352 



subsidiary, 328 

 Respiratory changes in muscular exercise, 



410 

 Respiratory exchange : 



according to body weight, 550 



and body temperature, 551 



clinical method for determining, 554 



in diabetes, 678 



and muscular exercise, 551 



and temperature of environment, 551 



in tissues, 393, 397 

 Respiratory hormone, nature of, 349 

 Respiratory movements, 315 

 Respiratory passages, pressure of air in, 



299 

 Respiratory quotient, 545 



in diabetes, 678 



influence of diet on, 547 



influence of metabolism on, 549 



influence of muscular activity on, 370 

 Respiratory tracings, 303 

 Respiratory valves, Pearce's, 554 

 Reticulated erythroblasts, 93 

 Reversible action of enzymes, 25 

 Ribs, movements of, 315 

 musculature of, 319 

 undulatory movements of, 317 

 Right lateral connection, heart, 185 

 Rigidity, decerebrate, 808 

 Rolandic fissure, 855 

 Roots, 787 



anterior, 787, 835 

 posterior, 787, 836 

 Rhythmic segmentation, 464 



Sacral outflow, 882 



Salicylates, 648, 657 



Saline injection, effect on blood pressure, 



139 

 Saliva, control of secretion, nervous, 423 



psychic, 431, 856 

 normal secretion, 431 

 Salt, dietetic value, 586 -~ 

 Salted blood, 100 

 Salting of proteins, 60 

 Saponification, 687 

 Sarcosine, 623 

 Saturation limits, 652, 654 

 Scratch reflex, 805, 821 

 Scurvy, 585 



Sea anemone, nervous system of, 783 

 Second wind, 415 

 Secretory fibers, varieties of, 424 



