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INDEX 



Photochemical substances, 282. 



Phrenic nerve, 149. 



Physico-chemistry of Body, 16; of 

 skeletal muscle, 88. 



Physiological division of labor, 30, 87. 



Physiological systems, 35. 



Physiology, 1; of brain, 166, 179; of 

 digestion, 462; of ear, 226, 237; of 

 eye, 267; of heart, 347; of kidney, 

 527; of metabolism, 500; of muscle, 

 93; of nerve, 155; of respiration, 

 386; of sensation, 204; of skin, 

 535; of smell, 239; of spinal cord, 

 157; of taste, 240; of touch, 214. 



Pia mater, 141. 



Pigment, 14; of iris, 250. 



Pitch, audible limits of, 224; definition 

 of, 223; range of, in human voice, 

 552. 



Pituitary body, 50. 



Pivot joints, 75. 



Placenta, 578. 



Plain muscular tissue, see Smooth 

 Muscle. 



Plantigrade animals, 70. 



Plants compared with animals, 40. 



Plasma, 295, 302. 



Platelets, blood, 302. 



Pleura, 5, 6, 389. 



Plexus, 148; of Auerbach, 456; 

 brachial, 148; cardiac, 154; cer- 

 vical, 148; lumbar, 149; of Meiss- 

 ner, 456; sacral, 150; solar, 154, 411. 



Pneumogastric nerves, 152. 



Poikilothermous animals, 539. 



Poisoning, by coal gas, 427; by food, 

 440. 



Polar bodies, 561. 



Pons varolii, 146. 



Popliteal artery, 331. 



Portal circulation, 335; vein, 335, 457, 

 461. 



Post ganglionic neurons, 194. 



Postural reflexes, 167. 



Posture, 123, 124; the task of extensor 

 muscles, 126. 



Potassium chlorid, 10. 



Precursor, lactic acid, 111. 



Preganglionic neurons, 194. 



Pregnancy, 567, 576; extra-uterine, 

 573. 



Prehension, 123, 129. 



Prepuce, 566. 



Presbyopia, 266. 



Pressor impulses, 376. 



Pressure, of blood, 362, 367; intra- 

 thoracic, 399; osmotic, 19; partial, 

 of gases, 419. 



Pressure sense, 214. 



Primates, 2. 



Principles of dietetics, 511. 



Process, olecranon, 66; odontoid, 58, 

 75; ciliary, 249. 



Production of heat in Body, 40, 541. 



Projecting senses, 207: 



Projection fibers of cerebrum, 175. 



Pronation, 76. 



Proofs of circulation, 371. 



'Properties of Body, 21. 



Prosecretin, 487 



Prostate, 564. 



Protamin, 12. 



Protective inoculation, 311. 



Protective tissues, 33. 



Protein, 10, 429, 434; absorption of, 

 498; amount of in diet, 504; con- 

 jugated, 12; deaminization of, 504; 

 derived, 13; digestion of, 464; foods, 

 434; food value of, 507; fuel, 504; 

 growth, 503; maintenance, 503; of 

 muscle, 89; requirements of Body 

 for, 500; specific dynamic action 

 of, 509, 543; subdivisions of, 10; 

 tests for, 11; use of in Body, 501. 



Proteose, 13, 464. 



Prothrombin, 317. 



Protoplasm, 8. 



Psychic secretion, 485. 



Psycho-physical law, 205, 214, 271. 



Ptomain, 441. 



Ptosis, 248. 



Ptyalin, 15, 463, 487. 



Puberty, 582. 



Pubis, 52, 65. 



Pulmonary artery, 326, 333, 334; 

 circulation, 333, 335; veins, 323, 

 333, 336. 



Pulse, 364; use of in diagnosis, 36G; 

 -wave, rate of movement, 365. 



Pupil, 244, 249. 



Purin bodies, 14, 526. 



Purkinje's experiment, 269. 



Pus, 301. 



Putrefaction, 467. 



Pyloric sphincter, 474; control of, 474. 



Pylorus, 449, 452. 



Pyramidal nerve cells, 175; tracts, 

 177. 



Pyramids, decussation of, 177. 



Pyramids of Ferrein, 521; of Mal- 

 phigi, 521. 



Pyrexia, 544. 



Quadriceps femoris, 120. 



Qualities of sensation, 205. 



Quantity, of air breathed daily, 398; 

 of blood, 303; of food needed daily, 

 500, 511. 



Racemose glands, 480. 



