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INDEX 



Basal ganglia, 570 

 Bile, 194 



composition of, 195 

 elaboration of, 490 

 influence of nerve system on, 198 

 mode of secretion, 197 

 physiologic action, 198 

 pigments, 197 

 salts, 195 



storage and discharge of, 198 

 influence of nerve system on, 198 

 Bilirubin, 197 

 Biliverdin, 197 

 Bioplasm, 29 



physiologic properties, 29 

 Bladder, 473 

 Blind spot, 719 

 Blood, 230 



changes in, during respiration, 416 

 circulation of, 264 

 coagulation of, 234 

 chemistry of, 261. 

 composition of, 235 

 extravascular, 262 

 intravascular, 263 

 constituents of, 230 

 corpuscles, 238, 252 

 defibrinated, 235 

 general composition of, 261 

 physical constitution, 230 

 physical properties of, 231 

 platelets, 260 

 pressure, 342 

 arterial, 344 

 capillary, 348 

 causes of, 349 



determination of, in man, 358 

 methods of estimation, 347 

 auscultatory method, 362 

 re'sume' of factors, 349 

 variations in, 351 

 venous, 348 

 quantity of, 261 

 reaction, 232 

 serum, 236 

 temperature, 233 

 velocity of, in arteries, 364 

 of, in capillaries, 366 

 of, in veins, 366 

 viscosity of, 233 

 Brain activity, 613 



repose, 613 

 Bread, 133 



Bronchial innervation, 395 

 Burdach, fasciculus of, 551 



Calcium salts of the body, 21 

 Calorimeter, 447,448 

 Capiliary blood-vessels, 330 



functions of, 332 

 circulation, 375 

 electrometer, 793 

 Capsule, internal, 573 

 functions of, 540 

 Carbo-hemoglobin, 252 

 Carbohydrate metabolism, 520 



storage of sugar, 520 



release of sugar, 523 



influence of nerve system on, 523 

 oxidation of, 525 

 Carbohydrates, 7 

 Carbon monoxid hemoglobin, 251 

 Cardiac cycle, 276 



action of valves during, 279 



impulse, 275 



movement of the blood during, 277 



schematic representation of the events, 



288 



Cardiac nerves, 314 

 Cardio-accelerator center, 323 



factors which determine its activity, 



324 



Cardiogram, 275, 289 

 Cardio-inhibitor center, 324 



factors which determine its activity, 



325 



Cardio-pulmonic vessels, 266 

 Carotid pulse, 372 

 Caseinogen, 16, 19 

 Catalysis, 139 

 Caudate nucleus, 571 

 Cells, the physiology of, 24 



chemic composition, 25 



manifestations of life by, 26 



reproduction of, 28 



structure of, 24 

 Cellulose, 8 



Central organs of the nerve system, 531 

 Cerebellar tract, 551 

 Cerebellum, 616 



coordinating mechanism of, 620 



functions of, 618 



results of experimental lesions, 618 

 Cerebrum, 583 



convolutions of, 585 



fissures of, 583 



functions of, 590 



localization of function in, 591 



motor area of the chimpanzee brain, 

 595 



motor area of the human brain, 602 



