792 



INDEX 



Retina, functions of, 719 

 Retinal image, 701 

 size of, 706 

 Rheocord, 762 



Rhythmic segmentation, 200 

 Rigor mortis, 76 

 Rima glottidis, 673 



respiratoria, 678 



vocalis, 678 



Ringer-Locke solution, 308 

 Routes for the absorbed food, 223 

 Rubro-spinal tract, 553 

 Rush peristalsis, 201 



Saccharose, 9 

 Saliva, 148 



physiologic action of, 150 

 Salivary glands, 146 



histologic changes in, during secre- 

 tion, 150 

 nerve mechanism for secretion of, 153 



modification of by drugs, 158 

 Sclero-proteins, 16 

 Sebaceous glands, 479 

 Sebum, 479 

 Secretin, 190 

 Secretion, external, 480 



internal, 494 

 Semen, 746 



Semicircular canals, 731, 739 

 Sensor areas of human brain, 595 



of monkey brain, 593 

 Serum, 535 



Setchenow's center, 549 

 Sight, sense of, 694 

 Sino-auricular node, 272 

 Skatol, 208 



Skeleton, physiology of, 47 

 Skin, 476, 670 



nerve endings in, 685 



reflexes, 55 

 Sleep, 613 

 Small intestine, 185 



movements of, 200 

 nerve mechanism of, 202 

 Smell, sense of, 692 

 Sodium glycocholate, 195 



taurocholate, 195 

 Sodium salts of the body, 21 

 Spectroscope, 249 

 Speech, 680 

 Spermatozoa, 746 

 Spheno-palatine ganglion, 661 

 Sphygmograph, 371 

 Sphygmomanometer, 359 



Spinal accessory nerve, 654 

 Spinal cord, 534 



encephalo-spinal conduction, 559 



fasciculi of, 551 



nerve-cells, classification of, 537 



nerve-fibers, 549 



reflex actions of, 541, 545 



reflex irritability of, 547 



relation of spinal nerves to, 526 



segmentation of, 535 



spinal nerve roots, functions of, 527 



spino-encephalic conduction, 545 



structure of gray matter, 535 

 functions of, 538 



structure of white matter, 549 



tracts of, 550, 552 

 functions of, 554 

 Spinal nerves, origin of, 43 

 Spirometer, 410 



Splanchnic nerves, 184, 202, 391, 664, 669 

 Spleen, 511 



functions of, 511 

 Stannius ligatures, 301 

 Stapes, 730 

 Starch, 7 



digestion of, 151, 190 

 Starvation, 128 

 Steapsin, 193 

 Stearin, 11 



Stereognostic area, 597 

 Stomach, 165 



movements of, 178 

 nerve mechanism of, 183 

 receptive relaxation, 180 

 String galvanometer, 774 

 Suprarenal capsules, 504 

 Sweat-glands, 477 

 Sweat, influence of nerve system on pro> 



duction of, 477 

 Synapse, 97 



Taste buds, 690 



nerve of, 645, 649 



sense of, 690 

 Tawara's node, 271 

 Teeth, 141 

 Tegmentum, 555 

 Temperature of human body, 442 



sense, 688 



Tendon reflexes, 546 

 Tension of gases in blood, 421 



tissues, 424 

 Tensor tympani muscle, 730 



functions of, 736 

 Thermogenesis, 445 



