596 INDEX 



Saline matters, excretion of, 6, 23, 171, 184 



in food, 225 

 Saliva, action of, 240, 261 



nervous centre for secretion of, 240 

 secretion of, 237 et seq. 

 Salivary glantls. 173, 237 

 Salts excretion by the kidneys, 269, 273, 279 

 in food, 225, 226, 279 

 neutral, action on blood, 112, 114 

 in saliva, 242 

 Saponification by pancreatic juice, 260 

 Sarcolactic acid, 298 



Sarcolemma (adp^, flesh ; Aeni(u.a, a bark or skin), 294 

 Saturation in light, 431 



Scala, (a ladder) of the cochlea, 369. 375, 377 

 Scales of epidermis continually shed, 541 

 Scapula, 16 

 " Schwann, sheath of," 461 



white substance of, 461 

 Sciatic nerve, 299 

 Sclerotic (o-xArjpo?, hard). 399 

 Scurf, nature of, 541 

 Sebaceous (sebum, suet) glands. 195-198 

 Secretin, 259 

 Secretory nerves. 201 



Semicircular canals of ear, 368, 369, 390-397 

 Semilunar valves, 47, 58 

 Sensations, 339 et seq. 



auditory, 382 

 composite, 438 

 diffuse, 346 

 of light, 426 et seq. 

 of pain, 354 

 simple. 437 

 subjective, 346 

 tactile, 355 

 Sense of hearing, 367 

 muscular, 356 

 of sight, 398 

 of smell, 361 

 of taste, 358 

 of touch, 347, 355 

 of warmth, 352 

 Sense-organs, 21, 343 



essential and accessory parts of, 345, 398 

 Sense-organules described. 345, 464 

 of taste, 360 

 of touch, 349 

 Senses, the special, 343 

 Sensorium auditory, 382 et seq. 



visual, 426 

 Sensory areas, 530 



decussation, 520 



or afferent nerves, 340. 472 



collected into the posterior roots, 470, 471 

 Septum (a partition -, sepio, I fence in) of the nose, 364 

 Septum of the cochlea, 374 

 Septum lucidum, 504 



