NDEX. 



ABDOMINAL respiration. 593 



type of respiration, 597 

 Absolute power of muscle, 38 

 Absorption coefficient, 621 



in large intestine, 738 



in small intestine, 733 



in stomach, 718 



of carbohydrates, 734 



of fats, 735 



of proteins, 737 



spectra of hemoglobin, 406 

 Acapnia, 646, 651 

 Accelerator center for heart, 545 



nerves, effect of, on heart rate, 547 

 of heart, 541 

 reflex stimulation of, 543 

 Accessory thyroids, 794 

 Accommodation in eye, limits of, 296 

 mechanism of, 293 



reflex, 306 

 Acetone bodies, 827 

 Achromatic series of visual sensa- 

 tions, 329 

 Achroodextrin, 701 

 Acid albumin in gastric digestion, 714 



aceto-acetic, 827 



amino-acetic, 727, 907 



aminocaproic, 727, 907 



aminoglutaric, 907 



amino-oxypropionic, 907 



aminopropionic, 907 



aminosuccinic, 727, 907 



aminothiolactic, 907 



aminovalerianic, 727, 907 



cholic, 746 



conjugated sulphuric, 782 



diaminocaproic, 907 



glutaminic, 727, 907 



glycocholic, 746 



glycuronic, 825 



guanidinaminovalerianic, 907 



hippuric, 781 



lactic, 60 



oxalic, 825 



oxybutyric, 827 



oxyphenylaminopropionic, 907 



phenylaminopropionic, 907 



phosphocarnic, 60 



pyrrolidin-carboxylic, 907 



saccharic, 825 



taurocholic, 746 



Acromegaly, 802 

 Action current, diphasic, 98 

 in heart, 497 

 in muscle, 96 

 in nerve, 96 

 in retina, 317 

 monophasic, 98 

 relation of, to contraction wave, 



100 



to nerve impulse, 100 

 Adamkiewicz's reaction for proteins, 



910 



Addison's disease, 799 

 Adenase, 685, 779 

 Adenin, 61, 778 



Adrenal bodies, functions of, 801 

 Adrenalin, 800 

 Aerial perspective, 354 

 Aerotonometer, 622 

 Afferent fibers in cranial nerves, 79 



position of, in posterior roots, 77 

 nerve fibers, 75 

 After-images in eye, 331 

 Air, effect of variations in, on res- 

 pirations, 648 

 Alanin, 727, 907 

 Alexins, 400 

 Albumin, properties of, 911 (see 



also Protein) 



Albuminates, properties of, 911 

 Albuminoids, nutritive value of, 818 



properties of, 913 

 Albumon, 426 

 Alcohol as food, 838 



effect of, on gastric absorption, 719 

 physiological action of, 836 

 Alimentary canal, movements of, 655 

 glycosuria, 735 

 principles of food, 675 

 Altitude, effect of, on red corpuscles, 



414 



Amboceptors, 400 

 Ametropia, 299 

 Amino-acetic acid, 727, 907 

 Amino-acids as part of protein mole- 

 cule, 727, 907 



Aminocaproic acid, 727, 907 

 Aminoglutaric acid, 907 

 Amino-oxypropionic acid, 907 

 Aminopropionic acid, 727, 907 

 Aminosuccinic acid. 727, 907 

 921 



