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INDEX 



Arc, reflex, 158; variability in, 159. 



Areas of cerebrum, association, 181; 

 motor, 177; sensory, 177. 



Areola, 580. 



Areolar tissue, 41. 



Arm, skeleton df, 66. 



Arterial blood, 336; color of, 417. 



Arterial pressure, 362; influence of 

 capillary resistance on, 364; in- 

 fluence of heart-rate on, 363; 

 measurement of, 367. 



Arterial system, 330. 



Arterioles, 332. 



Artery, axillary, 330; brachial, 330; 

 bronchial, 331; carotid, 330, 331; 

 celiac, 331, 461; coronary, 328, 330; 

 femoral, 331; hepatic, 457, 461; 

 iliac, 330, 331; innominate, 330; 

 intercostal, 331; mesenteric, 331, 

 461; popliteal, 331; pulmonary, 

 326, 333; radial, 330; renal, 331; 

 splenic, 461; subclavian, 330; tem- 

 poral, 331; tibial, 331; ulnar, 330; 

 vertebral, 330. 



Artery, 332; structure of, 336. 



Articular cartilage, 73. 



Articulations, 71; of skull, 61. 



Artificial respiration, 408. 



Aryteno-epiglottic fold, 548. 



Arytenoid cartilages, 547. 



Arytenoid muscles, 551. 



Asphyxia, 407. 



Aspirates, 554. 



Aspiration of thorax, 370, 399. 



Assimilation, 21. 



Assimilation limit, 494. 



Association areas of cerebrum, 181; 

 fibers of cerebrum, 176. 



Association, nature of, 181. 



Association neurons, 137. 



Associative memory, 182; functions 

 of, 183; interactions of, 184. 



Astigmatism, 264. 



Astragalus, 66. 



Atlas, 58, 75. 



Attraction sphere, 24. 



Auditory apparatus, 62. 



Auditory area of cerebrXim, 177. 



Auditory nerve, 152. 



Auditory ossicles, 229; functions of, 

 230. 



Auditory perceptions, 235. 



Auerbach's plexus, 456. 



Augmenter center, 352; nerves, 351. 



Auricle, 325; function of, 345. 



Auriculo-yentricular valves, 328. 



Auscultation of lungs, 397. 



Automatic rhythmicity of heart, 347; 

 nature of, 350. 



Autonomic nervous system, 139, 154, 

 193; divisions of, 195; reflex control 

 of, 194; cranial, 195; sacral, 195; 

 thoracico-lumbar, 195; in relation 

 to emotions, 197. 



Axial current, 356. 



Axial ligament, 230. 



Axillary artery, 330. 



Axis, 58, 75. 



Axis, visual, 275. 



Axon, 136; collaterals of, 160. 



Bacterial digestion, 466. 



Ball-and-socket joints, 74. 



Basal metabolism, 506. 



Basement membran*, 480, 566. 



Basilar membrane, 233. 



Bathing, 537. 



Beat, "apex," 340. 



Beat of heart, 339. 



Beef tea, 90. 



Beri-beri, 431. 



Biceps, 79, 82. 



Bicuspid teeth, 444. 



Bile, 457, 465; capillaries, 460; con- 

 trol of, 487; duct, 458; pigments, 

 14, 518; acids, 518; salts, 518. 



Bilirubin, 14, 518. 



Biliverdin, 14, 518. 



Binocular vision, 287. 



Biological chemistry, definition of, 9. 



Biuret reaction, 1 1 . 



Blackness, sensation of, 276. 



Bladder, urinary, 39, 518. 



Bleeders, 319. 



Blind spot, 269. 



Blood, 39, 292, of animals other than 

 man, 303; arterial, 336; carbon 

 dioxid of, 423; changes in, in lungs, 

 416; chemical composition of, 295; 

 coagulation of, 312; course of, 334; 

 distribution of, in body, 373; 

 fibrin, source of, 315; functions of, 

 292; gases, 417; microscopic char- 

 acters of, 295; oxygen interchanges 

 in, 420; plates, 302; plasma, 295, 

 302; quantity of, 303; reactipn of, 

 295; serum, 312; specific gravity of, 

 295; structure of, 295; transfusion, 

 320; venous, 336; whipped, 313. 



Blood-clot, 312. 



Blood-corpuscles, 295; colorless, 301; 

 red, 295. 



Blood-fibrin, 313. 



Blood-flow, rate of, 368. 



Blood-flow, see Circulation. 



Blood-plasma, 295, 302. 



Blood-plates, 302. 



Blood-pressure, 362; in man, determi- 

 nation of, 368; measurement of, 367. 



