NDEX. 



ABDERHALDEN test, 748 

 Abdominal respiration, 646 



type of respiration, 650 

 Absolute power of muscle, 39 

 Absorption coefficient, 674 



in large intestine, 806 



in small intestine, 800 



in stomach, 785 



of carbohydrates, 802 



of fats, 803 



of proteins, 805 



spectra of hemoglobin, 431 

 A-c interval (heart), 541 

 Acapnia, 701, 707 

 Accelerator center for heart, 595 



nerves, effect of, on heart-rate, 597 

 of heart, 591 

 reflex stimulation of, 593 

 Accessory thyroids, 867 

 Accommodation in eye, limits of, 316 

 mechanism of, 313 



reflex, 326 

 Acetone bodies, 916 

 Achromatic series of visual sensations, 

 349 



vision, 357 

 Achroodextrin, 765 

 Acid albumin in gastric digestion, 780 



aceto-acetic, 916 



amino-acetic, 793, 1009 



aminocaproic, 794, 1009 



aminoglutaric, 1009 



aminopropionic, 793, 1009 



aminosuccinic, 794, 1009 



aminothiopropionic, 1009 



aminoyalerianic, 794, 1009 



aspartic, 794, 1009 



cholic, 815 



conjugated sulphuric, 808, 855 



diaminqcaproic, 794, 1009 



glutaminic, 794, 1009 



glycocholic, 815 



glycurqnic, 908 



guanidinaminovalerianic, 1009 



hippuric, 854 



imidazolpropionic, 795, 1009 



indolpropionic, 795, 1009 



isobutylpropionic, 794 



lactic, 64 



oxyaminqprop ionic, 1009 



oxybutyric, 916 



Acid, oxyphenylaminopropionic, 1009 



oxypropionic, 793 



oxyproteic, 846 



oxypyrollidin-carboxylic, 793, 1009 



phenylaminopropionic, 794, 1009 



pyrrolidin-carboxylic, 795, 1009 



pyruvic, 908 



taurocholic, 815 



thioprop ionic, 793 

 Acidity, definition of, 416 

 Acrqmegaly, 883 

 Action current, diphasic, 103 

 in heart, 542 

 in muscle, 102 

 in nerve, 102 

 in retina, 337 

 monqphasic, 103 

 relation to contraction wave, 105 



to nerve impulse, 105 

 Activation of lipase, 798 



of trypsin, 791 

 Activators, 749 

 Adamkiewicz's reaction for proteins, 



1013 



Addison's disease, 874 

 Adenase, 750, 852 

 Adenin, 65, 851 

 Adenosin, 852 

 Adrenal bodies, functions of, 878 



secretory nerves of, 878 

 Adrenalin, 875 

 Aerial perspective, 376 

 Aerotonometer, 676 

 Afferent fibers in cranial nerves, 83 

 position of, in posterior roots, 82 

 vasodilatation due to, 619 



nerve-fibers, 79 

 After-images in eye, 352 

 Agnosia, 205, 222 

 Agraphia, 221 



Air, effect of variations in, on res- 

 pirations, 705 

 Alanin, 793, 1009 

 Albumin, properties of, 1013. See also 



Protein. 



Albuminoids, nutritive value of, 901 

 Albumon, 452 

 Alcohol as food, 926 



effect of, on gastric absorption, 786 



physiological action of, 926 



use of, in diabetes, 929 



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