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INDEX 



development of, 230 ; flow, 163, 277 ; 

 function of, 229, 231 ; hydrogen ion 

 concentration of, 232, 421, 424; in- 

 tegrative action of, 256 ; osmotic 

 pressure of, 157, 233, 244 ; plasma, 

 q.v., 232; pressure, 162, 279, 423; 

 viscosity of, 242, 422. 



Bone, 174; adaptation of, 176, 179; 

 conduction of sound by, 213, 423 ; 

 development of , 174 ; internal structure 

 of, 176 ; strength of, 175 ; stress lines 

 in, 175. 



Bowman's capsule, 156. 



Boyle's law, 38. 



ft rays, 120. 



Brownian movement, 73, 75, 409 ; in 

 neuron, 183. 



" Buffers," 241, 416. 



Bunsen-Roscoe, law of, 354, 356: 



Caisson disease, 267. 



Calcium, action of, in coagulation of 



blood, 235 ; in breaking emulsions, 86, 



87, 113, 415; on water-holding 



capacity of soap, 82, 236, 237. 

 Calorie, 3, 21 ; value from oxygen usage, 



31 ; value of diet, 26. 

 Calorie, value of diet (physiological), 27. 

 Calorimeter, bomb, 24. 

 Calorimetry of animals, direct, 27 ; 



indirect, 29. 



Cambrian period, sea water in, 240. 

 Capacity of a conductor, 53. 

 Capillary analysis, 411. 

 Capillary circulation, 252, 279, 423. 

 Capillary electrometer, 47, 259, 404. 

 Carbohydrate, formation of, 15-18 ; 



oxidation of, 19, 29, 136, 139, 150. 

 Carbon dioxide, effect of, on dissociation 



of HbO 2 , 253 ; excretion of, 261 ; 



production of, 22, 28 ; specific function 



of, 253 ; tension in blood and alveoli, 



255 ; transport of, 254. 

 Carnot's principle, 32. 

 Cartilage, 174. 

 Catabolism, 2, 350. 

 Catalase, 96. 

 Catalysis, 92, 380. 

 Cataphoresis, 78, 413. 

 Cathode, 50. 

 Cathode rays, 119. 

 Cation and anion, 49. 

 Cell as factory, 91. 

 Cell division, cause of, 375. 

 Cell pressure and growth, 375. 

 Centimetre index, 367. 

 Charles' law, 38. 

 Chemical energy, receptors for, 192, 196. 



Chemical gardens, 399. 



Chemiotaxis (Chemotropism), 131, 155, 



359. 

 Chloroform : effect of, on dispersoids, 83, 



86 ; on membranes, 244. 

 Chlorophyll, absorption spectrum of, 14; 



function of, 19 ; efficiency of, 18. 

 Chromatic aberration, 217. 

 Circulation of blood, general plan of, 274, 



281, 423. 



Coagulation of colloids, 79, 234. 

 Coefficient of variability, 369. 

 Co-enzyme, 97. 

 Cold, reaction to, 349, 350. 

 Collagen, 172. 



Colligative properties of solutions, 43. 

 Collodion membranes, 405 

 Colloidal aggregates, dimensions of, 65, 



74. 



Colloidal gold, 72, 412. 

 Colloidal solutions, coagulation of, 79, 



409 ; osmotic pressure of, 66, 233, 234 ; 



viscosity of, 232, 234, 409. 

 Colloidal state, 67. 

 Colloids, elasticity of, 169 ; hydrophilic, 



173. 

 Colour, of colloidal solutions, 71, 72 ; of 



iris, 71 ; of sky, 70. 

 Compensation, law of, 376. 

 Complemental air, 259. 

 Compound interest law, 365, 367. 

 Condensation in surface layer, 48, 109, 



151, 189. 

 Conduction of nerve impulse, 185 ; of 



heat, 340 ; of sound, 423. 

 Connective tissues, 168. 

 Conservation of energy, 4, 32. 

 Continuous phase, 67. 

 Cooking, 89. 

 Copper ferrocyanide membranes, 41, 110, 



398, 399. 



Corti, organ of, 210. 

 Crenation, 245. 

 Crooke's tube, 119. 

 Crystalloids, 66. 

 Current, electrotonic, 189 ; demarcation, 



134, 143, 145 ; of action, 134, 144, 145, 



190 ; of injury, 134, 143, 145, 190, 405 ; 



polarisation, 133, 188. 



Dalton's law of partial pressures, 40. 

 Dark ground illumination, 74, 409. 

 Dead space, 260. 



Decrement in nervous impulse, 186. 

 Degeneration, fatty, 389. 

 Degraded energy, 5, 8. 

 Dehydration of fertilised eggs, 379 ; of 

 tissues, 364. 



