INDEX 



ABDOMEN, 18 



fascia of, 144 



regions of, 264. See Fig. 102. 

 Abdominal aorta, 192, 202 

 branches of, 192, 202 



regions, 264. See Fig. 102 

 Abducens nerve (sixth), 375 

 Abduction, 113, 158 



of joint, 113 



Abductor hallucis muscle, 245, 

 246 



of little finger, 157 

 toe, 171 



minimi digiti, 157 



pollicis, 157 

 Absorption, 286 



of food, 286 



of lymph, 286 . 



of products of digestion, 287 



relation of villi to, 286, 287 

 Absorptive apparatus, 286 

 Accessorius muscle, action of, 171 

 Accessory organs of digestion, 251 

 Accommodation, 404 

 Acetabulum, 93, 97 

 Acromegalia, 308 

 Acromial process, 84 

 Addison's disease, 307 

 Adduction, 113, 158 



in joint, 113 

 Adductor brevis muscle, 166 



hallucis, 171 



longus, 164 



magnus, 166 



obliquus hallucis, 171 

 pollicis, 157 



transversus hallucis, 171 



pollicis, 157 



Adipose or fatty tissue, 50 

 Adrenal gland, 307 

 Air, relation to respiration, 247 



sacs, 244 

 Albumen, 24 



varieties of, 24 



Albuminoids, 24 



compounds of, 25 



varieties of, 24 

 Alimentary canal, 251 



divisions of, 251, 252 

 Alveolar glands, 45 

 Alveoli of lungs, 244 

 Ameboid movement of cells, 33 



white cells in blood, 33, 220 

 Amphiarthrosis, 109 

 Ampulla of breast, 293 



of vater, 302 



Amyelinic nerve fibers, 334, 335 

 Amylopsin, 280 



action in intestinal digestion, 



280 



Amyloses, 21 

 Anabolism, 29 

 Anastomosis. See Glossary. 

 Anatomy, description of, circula- 

 tory apparatus, 174 



and physiology of the nerve 

 system, 331 



urinary apparatus, 314 

 Anconeus muscle, 155 

 Angiology, definition of, 18 

 Angular movements in a joint, 



112, 113 



Animal starch, 21 

 Annular ligaments, 124, 155 

 Anterior chamber of eye-ball, 401 



columns of spinal cord, 347 

 horns of, 348 



tibial artery, 208 

 Antrum of Highmore, 72, 395 

 Aorta, 192 



abdominal, 192, 202 



arch of, 192 



ascending, 192 



branches of abdominal, 203 

 of arch, 194 

 of thoracic, 202 



descending, 192, 194 



thoracic, 192, 202 



transverse, 192,194 

 Aponeurosis, 122, 123 



