IXDEX. 



793 



Cerebral nerves, continued. 



sensitive function of greater 



division of, 545. 

 sixth, 541. 



communication of, with sym- 

 pathetic, ib. 

 seventh. See Auditory Nerve and 



Facial Nerve. 



eighth. See Glosso-pharyngeal, 

 Pneumogastric, and Spinal Ac- 

 cessory Nerves, 

 ninth, 555. 

 Cerebro-spinal nervous system, 463, 



488. 



influence on organic life, 577. 

 See Brain, Spinal Cord, etc. 

 Cerebro-spinal fluid, relation to cir- 

 culation, 182. 



Cerebrum, its structure, 531. 

 convolutions of, 532. 

 cruraof, 518. 

 development of, 770. 

 effects of injury of, 533. 

 functions of, ib. 

 in relation to speech, 536. 

 relation to mental faculties, 534. 

 Cerumen, or ear-wax, 427, 673. 

 Chalk-stones, 456. 

 Chambers of eye, 643. 

 Charcoal, absorption of, 373. 

 Chemical actions, how perceived, 



628. 



composition of the human body, 7. 

 distinctions between animals and 



vegetables, 4. 



sources of heat in the body, 236. 

 stimuli, action of nerves excited 



by, 477- 

 Chest, its capacity, 201. 



contents of, 99, 195. 



contraction of in expiration, 198. 



enlargement of in inspiration, 195. 

 Chest-notes, 617. 

 Children, respiration in, 198. 

 Chlorine, action on negro's skin, 439. 



in human body, 17. 



in urine, 462. 



Chloroform, effects of, 517. 

 Cholesterin, properties of, n. 



in bile, 323. 



in blood, 81. 



Chondrin, properties of, n. 

 Chorda dorsalis, 744. 

 Chorda tympani, 550. 



Chordae tendinese, 106. 



action of, 114. 

 Choroin, 751. 



villi of, ib. 

 Choroid coat of eye, 636, 637. 



u'se of pigment of, 637. 

 Chromatic aberration, 649. 

 Chyle, 349, 357. 



absorption of, 363. 



analysis of, 361. 



bile essential to, 330. 



coagulation of, 359. 



compared with lymph, 361. 



corpuscles of, 360. See Chyle- 

 corpuscles. 



course of, 348. 



fibrin of, 359. 



forces propelling, 353. 



molecular base of, 358. 



properties of, ib. 



quantity found, 362. 



relation of to blood, ib. 

 Chyle-corpuscles, 360. 



development into blood-corpus- 

 cles, 93, 360. 

 Chyme, 280, 337. 



absorption of digested parts of, 



338. 4 



changes of in intestines, ib. 

 Cicatrix, effect of nutrition on, 389. 

 Cilia, 33, 578. 

 Ciliary epithelium, 33. 



of air passages, 189. 



function of, 34. 

 Ciliary motion, 33, 578. 



action of in bronchial tubes, 209. 



independent of nervous system, 



579- f 



nature of, ib. 

 Ciliary muscle, 645. 



action of in adaptation to dis- 

 tances, 650. 

 Ciliary processes, 638. 

 Circulation of blood, 99. 



action of heart on, 109-119. 



agents concerned in, 1 73. 



in arteries, 134. 

 force of, 152. 

 velocity of, 155. 



in brain, 180. 



in capillaries, 160. 

 rate of, 162. 



course of, 100, 103. 



in erectile structure, 183. 



