812 



INDEX 



Ovum, 783 



changes following impregnation, 786 



prior to impregnation, 783 

 Oxalic acid in urine, 435 

 Oxygen, amount excreted, 456 



determination of, in air, 329 



in blood, 302, 334 



in expired air, 298 



in tissues, 308 



of the blood, 302 



Van Slyke apparatus, 301 

 Oxyhemoglobin, 139, 164, 306 



Pacinian corpuscles, 75, 379 

 Pain, sense of, 68 1 

 Pancreas, 377 



enzymes of, 381 

 extirpation of, 492 

 internal secretion of, 491 

 islands of Langerhans in, 379, 492 

 secretion of, 379 

 structure of, 377 

 Pancreatic digestion, 372, 406 



cleavage products of, 407 

 fistula, 379 

 glycemia, 470 

 juice, 379, 406 

 artificial, 407 

 chemical characters of, 406 



composition of, 379 

 enzymes of, 381, 407 

 action of, 381, 407 

 conditions influencing action of, 



383 

 secretion of, 406 



action of nerves on, 380 

 influence of secretin on, 406 

 Papillae of skin, 442 

 of tongue, 691 



Paralytic secretion of saliva, 351 

 Paramyosinogen, 511 

 Parathyroidectomy, 487 

 Parathyroid glands, 487 

 Parietal association center, 650 

 Parotid gland, 348 

 nerves of, 352 

 Parturition, 792 

 center, 598 



Peduncles of cerebrum, 623 

 Pellagra, 481 



Pelvic viscera, vascular nerves for, 257 

 Penis, 771 



Pepsin, 347, 370 



action of, 370 

 Pepsinogen, 370 

 Peptides, 88, 96 

 Peptone plasma, 126 

 Peptones, 88, 96, 112, 370 

 Perforating fibers of Sharpey, 46 

 Pericardium, 167 

 Perichondrium, 39, 47 

 Perimysium, 60 

 Perineurium, 69 

 Periosteum, 43 

 Peristalsis, intestinal, 395 



of stomach, 375 



reversed, 395 



Perivascular lymphatic sheaths, 1 79 

 Perspiration, 445 

 Pes, 623 



Pfluger's law of contractions, 536 

 Phagocytes, 158 

 Phagocytosis, 158 

 Phakoscope of Helmholtz, 762 

 Phenomena of life, i 

 Phenomenon of treppe, 561 

 Phenylalanine, 81 

 Phosphates, 103, 115 

 Phosphoproteins, 87, 95 

 Phosphoric acid in urine, 434, 451 

 Phosphorus in proteins, 106 

 Phrenic nerve, influence on respiration, 



332 

 Pigments, bile, 408 



in urine, 433, 452 

 Pituitary body, 494 



action of grafts, extracts, etc., 497 



effect of removal of, 496 



function of, 495 

 Placenta, 788 



Plants differentiated from animals, 12 

 Plasma, 117, 136 



chemistry of, 163 



composition of, 136 

 Plasmosomes, 18 

 Plethysmogram, 277 

 Plethysmograph, 245, 276 

 Pleurae, 282 



Pneumogastric nerve, 660; and see Vagus. 

 Pneumograph, 292 

 Polysaccharides, 99 

 Pons Varolii, 605, 615 

 Postdicrotic wave, 239 

 Posterior, longitudinal bundle, 616 



