INDEX 



All figures refer to pages. 



A * before a figure (for example, *310) indicates an illustration on the page named. 



A letter n after a figure (for example, 37 n) refers to a footnote on the page named. 



Abdominal cavity, 92, 144. 

 Abducted, 181. 

 Abomasum, *115, 116. 

 Absorption, 101, 104. 



adaptations for, 94, 95. 

 Abstinence, arguments for, 70. 

 Accidents to skeleton, 184. 

 Accommodation of eye, *303. 

 Acids, test for, 14. 

 Adam's apple, 85, 210, 315. 

 Adaptations, 



of food to individual needs, 107. 



shown in skull, 172. 



shown in spinal column, 166. 

 Adducted, 181. 



Afferent nerves, *258, 264, *266. 

 Air, amount of, 6. 



changes due to respiration, 222. 



composition, 10, 14, *15. 



how lungs are filled with, 218. 



passages, 85, *211. 



pressure, 11, 12. 



sacs in lungs, 211, *215 



study of, 11-15. 

 Albumin, see Proteids. 

 Albuminous substances, see Pro- 

 teids. 

 Alcohol, as a stimulant, etc., 66-74. 



composition, 66 n. 



danger in use of, 69, 109. 



effect on circulation, 154. 



effect on dogs, 71-74. 



effect on digestion, 109. 



effect on nervous system, 285. 



effect on temperature, 243. 



in patent medicines, 39. 



life insurance and, 70-71. 



preparation of, 36. 



Alimentary canal, 



absorption from, 101104. 



of bird, *114. 



of earthworm, *112. 



of frog, *113. 



of sheep, *115. 



parts of, 75, *76. 

 Ammonia, 44. 

 Amoeba, 23, *24. 



cell division, 30, *31. 



locomotion, 205. 



nervous functions, 287. 



nutrition in, *117. 



respiration of, 229. 

 Amphibia, see Frog. 



corpuscles of, *126. 



skin of, 244. 

 Anaemia, 124. 

 Anatomy, 2. 



also see Alimentary canal of 

 bird, earthworm, reptile, etc. 

 Ankle joint, 181. 

 Anterior, 20. 

 Antitoxin, 224. 

 Antlers, 247. 

 Anvil (incus) bone, *309. 

 Aorta, 134, *143, *145. 

 Aortic arches, *112, 154. 

 Apex of heart, 130. 

 Appendages, 20, 21. 

 Appendicitis, 96. 

 Appendix, vermiform, *76, 96. 

 Aqueous humor, 302. 

 Arachnoid, 257, 273. 

 Arm, skeleton of, 160, *163. 



control of movements, 280. 



of child, 173. 

 Arterial blood, 147. 



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