INDEX 569 



Arteries, nervous control of, 65 

 pressure, 59 

 pulsation of, 57 

 valves in primary. 38 

 structure of, 31-35 

 Arteries or artery — 



aorta. .38. 47, 131 



abdominal, 170 

 coronary, 40 

 hepatic, 40, 209 

 iliac, 170 



pulmonary, 38, 131 

 radial, 60 



renal, 179, 180, 182 

 splenic. 221 

 temporal, 61 

 tibial, 61 

 Articular (articulus. a joint) cartilages, 319, 549 

 Articulations of bones, 305, 318-326 

 Arj-tenoid (apxneivai, a pitcher, or ladle ; elSo?. shai)e 



cartilages, 331, 332 

 Asphyxia (o. privative ; (r<i>\j^u>, I beat, of the pulse), modes of death 



from. 162. 163 

 Assimilation of food, 227 

 Association, law of, 528 

 Astragalus (ao-rpayoAos, an ankle bone), 328 

 Atlas (a. euphonic : T^rjfiio. 1 bear) vertebra. 322 

 Atmospheric (ot^os. vapour ; <7-<ioipo, a sphere) 

 pressure, 154 



how erjualLsed in ear. 389 

 an obstacle to dislocation of hip, 326 

 opposed by elasticity of lungs, 137 

 Atropine, effect of injection of, 241 

 Auditory (audio. I hear) hairs, 378, 387 

 nerve. 376. 393, 501, 517 

 ossicles, 370 

 sensorium. 386 

 spectra. 441 

 Auricles (auricula, a little ear), 43 

 Auricular appendage, 50 

 Auriculo-ventricular apertures, 45 

 Axis (aiuv. an axle) vertebra described, 322 

 Azygos (afvyos, unyoked) vein, 41 



Bacteria, action of, in fermentation, 265 

 Balance, physiological, how maintained, 7, 25 

 Ball and socket joints, 320 



capsular ligaments to, 325 

 Basilar (basis, a base) membrane of ear, 378 

 Beating of the heart, 57 

 Beet -sugar, 226 

 Biceps (bis, twice ; caput, head) piuscle, 13 



its attachments, 305, 306 

 Bicuspid (bis. twice : cuspis, point of a weapon) teeth, 231 

 Bile, flow of, into duodenum. 263 



nature and action of, 261 et seq. 



-pigments. 261 



