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IXDEX. 



Food, continued. 



sulphur in, 460. 

 saccharine principles of, changes 



in stomach, 286. 



solid, action of gastric fluid on, 281. 

 swallowing of, 273. 

 time occupied in passage of, 342. 

 vegetable, contains nitrogenous 



principles, 249. 

 changes of in digestion, 280. 

 Foramen ovale, 767, 769. 

 Form of bodies, how estimated, 657. 

 Fornix, office of, 536. 

 Fourth ventricle, 511, 531. 



cerebral nerve, 541. 

 Fovea centralis, 639, 641. 

 Freezing, effect of on blood, 67. 

 Frequency of heart's action, 124. 

 Functions of parts, 



discharge of, attended with im- 

 pairment of tissue, 375. 

 growth from undue exercise of, 39 1 . 

 Fundus of uterus, 716. 

 Fungiform papillae of tor.gue, 700, 

 701. 



G. 



Galactophorous ducts, 784. 



Gall-bladder, passage of bile into 

 and from, 326. 



Ganglia, mode of action. See Ner- 

 vous Centres, 

 cerebral or sensoiy, functions of, 



$21. 



of spinal nerves, 493, 567. 

 of the sympathetic, 568. 

 structure of, 570. 

 action of, 573. 

 as co-ordinators of involuntary 



movements, 573. 

 in heart, 131. 



in substance of organs, 575. 

 Ganglion, Gasserian, 543, 568. 

 corpuscles, 473, 570. See -Nerve - 



corpuscles. 



Ganglionic fibres, 494. 

 Ganglionic nervous system. Sec 



Sympathetic Nerves. 

 Gases, absorption of by blood, 371. 

 absorbed by the skin, 439. 

 in blood, 89. 



in stomach and intestines, 343. 

 in urine, 463. 



Gastric fluid, 271. 

 acid in, 275. 



action of on albuminous prin- 

 ciples, 284. 

 on food, 280-86. 



favoured by division, 280. 



nature of, 279. 



on saccharine and amylaceous 



principles, 286. 

 artificial, 278. 

 characters of, 274. 

 composition of, ib. 

 digestive power of, 276. 

 experiments with, 276-78, 281- 



86. 



pepsin in, 275. 

 quantity of, 272. 

 secretion of, ib. 

 how excited, 273-74. 

 influence of nervous system on> 



292. 



Gastric veins, blood of, 87. 

 Gelatinous substances, 1 1. 

 Gelatin, digestion of, 284. 

 insufficient as food, 249. 

 properties of, n. 



Generation and development, 713. 

 Generative organs of the female, 



714. 

 Genito-urinary tract of mucous, 



membrane, 399. 

 Germinal area, 743. 

 matter, 20. 

 membrane, 742. 

 spot, 720. 



development of, 721. 

 vesicle, 720. 



development of, 721. 

 disappearance of, 739. 

 Gizzard, action of, 287. 

 Gland, pineal, 537. 

 pituitary, 538. 

 prostate, 731, 737. 

 Gland-cells, agents of secretion, 401. 



relation to epithelium, 31, 401. 

 Gland-ducts, arrangement of, 404. 



contractions of, 407. 

 Glands, aggregated, 403. 

 Brunn's, 305. 

 ceruminous, 427. 

 conglomerate, 403. 

 Cowper's, 731, 737. 

 ductless, 410. 

 Duverney's, 718. 



