476 



INDEX 



Orbital cavities, contents of, 396 



Orbits, 71 



Organ of Corti (ear), 413 



of Golgi, 123 

 Organic acids, 27 



compounds, 20 

 Organs of digestion, 251 



of reproduction, 417 



of respiration, 233 



of voice, 234 

 Origin of a muscle, 123 



of a nerve, 338 

 Osmosis. See Glossary. 



of lymph, 225 

 Ossicles (bones of ear), 410 

 Ossification. See Glossary. 

 Osteoblasts, 57 

 Osteoclasts, 58 

 Osteology, definition of, 18 

 Otoliths, 413 

 Ovarian artery, 205 

 Ovaries, 423 



blood-supply of, 205 



ligaments of, 423 

 Ovulation, 425 

 Ovum, 35, 424 



development of, 424 



fertilization of, 35, 425, 426 



maturation of, 35 

 Oxidation of blood, 220 



of tissue, 220 

 Oxy hemoglobin, 220 



PAIN, sense of, 393 

 Palate, arches of, 256 



glands of, 256 



hard, 256 



pillars of, 256 



soft, 133, 256 

 Palate bone, 68 

 Palmar arches, deep, 198, 201 

 superficial, 198, 201 



fascia, 156 

 Palmaris brevis muscle, 157 



longus, 151 

 Palmitin, 23 

 Pancreas, 301 



blood-supply of, 203 



dimensions of, 301 



function of, 279, 302 



islands of Langerhans in, 302 



structure of, 302 

 Pancreatic juice, 279 



action of, upon food, 279 



amylopsin in, 280 



in intestinal digestion, 279 



Pancreatic juice, steapsin in, 280 



trypsin in, 280 

 Papilla? of skin, 324 

 Papillary muscles in heart, 179 

 Parathyroids, 303, 305 



function of, 305 

 Parietal bones, 60 

 Parotid gland, 257 



duct of, 257 



Patella bone, knee-cap, 99 

 Pectoralis major muscle, 144 



minor, 144 

 Pelvic cavity, 93 



boundaries of, 93 

 Pelvis as a whole, 93 



false, 94 



inlet, 95 



outlet, 95 



true, 95 

 Pepsin, 278, 279 



action of, in gastric digestion, 



279 



Peptones, 25, 278, 279 

 Pericardium, 174 



fibrous layer, 174 



serous, 17.4 

 Perichondrium, 51 

 Perilymph (ear), 412 

 Perimysium, 119 

 Perineum, fascia of, 146 



muscles of, 146 

 Perineurium, 337 

 Periosteum, 57 

 Peripheral resistance, 191 

 Peristalsis, 278 



relation of, to digestion, 278 

 Peroneus brevis muscle, 168 



longus, 168 

 Perspiration, 327 



function of, 328 



glandular activity, 328 

 nerves controlling, 328 



blood-pressure, 328 

 Perspiratory apparatus, 19 

 Peyer's patches, 267, 268 

 Phagocytes, 221 

 Phagocytosis, 221 

 Phalanges of foot, 104 



of hand, 92 

 Pharynx, 258 



boundaries of, 258 



length of, 259 



muscles of, 132 



structure of, 258 

 Phonation, 238 

 Phosphorus in body, 26 

 Physiological properties of muscle 



tissue, 121 

 Physiology, definition of, 17 



