INDEX 



Abdominal viscera, vascular nerves for, 



257 



Abducens nerve, 66 1 

 Aberration, chromatic, 760 



spherical, 760 

 Absorption, 409 



coefficient of, 304 



conditions for, 409 



methods of, 409 



of carbohydrates, 408 



of fats, 416 



of minerals, 417 



of protein, 414 



of water, 417 



places for, 409 



rapidity of, 408 



through the intestines, 412, 414 

 the lungs, 418 

 the mouth, 410 

 the skin, 418 

 the stomach, 410 



Accelerator centers for heart, 210, 620 

 Accessory olives, 615 



thyroids, 484 



Accommodation of vision, 728, 730 

 Achromatic layer, 18 



spindle, 20 

 Achro matin, 18 

 Achroodextrin, 356 

 Acromegaly, 498 

 Activating ferments, 347 

 Adamkiewicz reaction, 107 

 Adenase, 94 

 Adenine, 93 

 Adenoid tissue, 36 

 Adipose tissue, 37, 38 

 Adrenalin, 490 

 Adrenals, 488 



Afferent fibers in the sympathetics, 672 

 After-birth, 788 



-images, 741, 748, 765 



-sensations, 686 

 Agglutinative substances, 151 

 Air, 284 



analysis, 297 



Air, changes in, during respiration, 297, 298 



complemental, 294, 328 



composition of, 297 



diffusion of, 301 



pressure of, 301, 325, 328 



quantity breathed, 294, 328 



reserve, 295, 328 



residual, 295 



supplemental, 295 



tidal, 294, 328 



volume breathed, 328 

 Alanine, 81 

 Albumin, egg, 105 



properties of, no 



serum, 88 



in urine, 435, 453 

 Albuminate, acid, 112 

 Albuminoids, 87, 89 



tests for, no 

 Albumins, 86, 88 



reactions of, 1 10 

 Albumoses, 96 

 Alcohol as a food, 345 

 Alexin, 150 



Alkali metaprotein, 112 

 Amboceptor, 150 

 Ameba, 3 

 Ameboid leucocytes, 133 



movement, 3, 4, 134 

 Amino-acids, 81 

 Amitosis, 19 

 Ammonia, effect of breathing, 318 



in expired air, 301 



in the urine, 433 

 Ammonium carbamate, 431, 462 

 Amylolytic ferments, 347 

 Amylopsin, 347, 382 

 Amylose, 101 

 Anabolism, 7, 454 

 Anabolites, 454 

 Anacrotic limb, 239 



wave, 239 

 Anaphase, 21 

 Anaphylaxis, 152 

 Anelectrotonus, 536 



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