INDEX. 



Abdominal muscles, action of, in respira- 

 tion, 182 

 Aberration, 



chromatic, 603 



spherical, 602 

 Abomasum, 246 

 Absorbents. See Lymphatics. 

 Absorption, 298 



by blood-vessels, 311 



by lacteal vessels, 309 



by lymphatics, 310 



conditions for, 314 



by the skin, 352 



process of osmosis, 352 



rapidity of, 313 



See Chyle, Lymph, Lymphatics, Lac- 

 teals. 



Accelerator centre, 498 

 Accidental elements in human body, 753 

 Accommodation of eye, 592 

 Acids, organic, 750 



acetic, 750 



in gastric juice, 252 

 Acid-albumin 252, 736 

 Acini of secreting glands, 330 

 Actinic rays, 614 

 Addison's disease, 392 

 Adenoid tissue, 35 

 Adipose tissue, 37. See Fat. 



development, 39 



situations of, 37 



structure of, 37 

 Adrenals, 390 

 After-birth, 678 

 After-sensations, 



taste, 562 



touch, 555 



vision, 606 



Aggregate glands, 330 

 Agminate glands, 263 

 Air, 



atmospheric, composition of, 187 



breathing, 184 



complemental, 184 9 



reserve, 184 



residual, 184 



tidal, 184 



changes by breathing, 188 



Air continued. 



quantity breathed, 184 



transmission of sonorous vibrations 

 through, 575 



in tympanum, for hearing, 577 et seq. 



undulations of, conducted by external 



ear, 575 

 Air-cells, 175 



Air-tubes, 170. See Bronchi. 

 Albumin, 735 



acid, 252, 736 



action of gastric fluid on, 252 



alkali, 736 

 characters of, 734 



chemical composition of, 733 



derived, 736 



egg, 735 



native, 735 



serum, 79 



tissues and secretions in which it exists, 

 735 



of blood, 79 

 Albuminoids, 733 

 Albuminous substances, 733 



absorption of, 291 



action of gastric fluid on, 252 

 of liver on, 286 

 of pancreas on, 272 

 Alcoholic drinks, effect on respiratory 



changes, 189 

 Alimentary canal, 241, 296 



development of, 703 

 Alkali-albumin, 736 

 Allantoin, 370, 744 

 Allantois, 671 

 Alloxan. 368 

 Aluminium, 753 

 Ammonia, 



cyanate of, isomeric with urea, 365, 743 



exhaled from lungs, 191 



urate of, 367 

 Amnion, 669, 670 



fluid of, 671 

 Amoeba, 4 

 Amoeboid movements, 75 



cells, 4 



colorless corpuscles, 75 



cornea-cells, 587 



protoplasm, 4 



Tradescantia, 5 



