INDEX. 



923 



Blood, curve of dissociation of oxy- 

 hemoglobin, 624 



defibrinated, 393 



gases of, 617 



general properties of, 392 



hemoglobin in, 396 

 amount, 401 

 nature, 401 



hemolysis of red corpuscles, 397 



histological structure of, 392 



leucocytes of, 416 



nucleoprotein in, 426 



osmotic pressure of, 397 



proteins of, 420, 422 



reaction of, 393 



reasons for not clotting in vessels, 

 432 



red corpuscles of, 395 

 fate of, 412 

 origin of, 412 



regeneration of, after hemorrhage, 

 437 



specific gravity of, 394 



total quantity of, 436 



transfusion of, 439 

 Blood-plasma, composition of, 420 

 Blood-plates, part taken by, in coagu- 

 lation, 432 



properties of, 418 

 Blood-pressure, 455 



diastolic, 459 



effect of menstruation upon, 879 



in brain, 577 



in capillaries, 465 



in man, 466, 471 



mean, 459 



relation of, to heart rate, 547 



respiratory waves of, 609 



systolic, 459 



Traube-Hering waves of, 564 



venous, 479 

 Blood-serum, 393, 421 

 Body equilibrium in nutrition, 810 



sense area, 191 



temperature in man, 853 

 Bowman's theory of urinary secre- 

 tion, 764 

 Brain, association areas of, 209 



auditory center in, 200 



center for taste, 206 

 for olfaction, 204 



centers affected in aphasia, 206 



development of cortical areas, 212 



effect of variations in arterial 

 pressure upon, 577 



intracranial pressure in, 576 



histological differentiation of cor- 

 tex of, 215 



localization of function in, 181 



motor areas of, 184 



regulation of circulation in, 579 



sensory areas of, 190 



Brain, vascular supply of, 572 

 Brightness in visual sensations, 327 

 Bronchi, capacity of, 602 



constrictor and dilator fibers of, 646 

 Buffy coat of blood, 427 

 Burdach, column of, 163 



CAFFEIN, 778, 836 



Caisson disease, 650 



Calcarine fissure, relation of, to vision, 



198 



Calcium salts, effect of, on heart, 520 

 importance of, in clotting of 



blood, 429 



in curdling of milk, 716 

 nutritive value of, 833 

 secretion of milk, 442 

 Calorie, definition of, 855 

 Calorimeters, varieties of, 855 

 Calorimetric equivalent, 857 



measurements, 860 

 Calorimetry, indirect, 859 



principles of, 855 

 Cannula, washout, 457 

 Capillary blood-pressure, 465 



electrometer, construction of, 94 

 Carbohemoglobin, 404 

 Carbohydrates, absorption of, 734 

 as glycogen formers, 753 

 as source of body fat, 829 

 fermentation of, in intestine, 739 

 general functions of, 825 

 metabolism of, in body, 826 

 of muscle, 59 



regulation of supply of, 821 

 supply of, in body, 821 

 Carbon dioxid, action on respiratory 



center, 642 



condition of, in blood, 625 

 effect of, in inspired air, 642, 650 

 excretion of, through skin, 792 

 in balance experiments, 810 

 in saliva, 690 



production of, in muscle, 62 

 tension of, in alveolar air, 628 

 in arterial blood, 629 

 in tissues, 629 

 in venous blood, 628 

 equilibrium, 810 

 monoxid hemoglobin, 403 

 Cardiac cycle, 506 



glands of stomach, 703 

 muscle, properties of, 54, 523 

 nerves (see Heart) 

 Cardiogram, 500 

 Cardio-inhibitory center, 536 

 Carnin, 61 



Casein, 716, 891, 911 

 Catalase, 680, 685 

 Catalysis, 680 



Catelectrotonic currents, 101 

 Catelectrotonus, 83 



