760 



INDEX. 



Ampliioxus, 679 

 Ampulla, 571 

 Amyloids or Starches, 748 

 action of pancreas and intestinal glands, 



272, 290 



of saliva on, 235 

 Amylopsin. 273, 746 

 Amyloses, 748 

 Anabolic nerves, 632 

 Anacrotic wave, 141 

 Anastomoses of muscular fibres of heart, 



102 



of nerves, 454 

 of veins, 157 

 in erectile tissues, 163 

 Anelectrotoims, 430 

 Angle, optical, 611 

 Angulus opticus seu visorius, 611 

 Animal heat, 316. See Heat and Temper- 

 ature. 



Animals, distinctive characters, 10 

 Antialbumose, 272 

 Antilielix, 568 

 Autipeptone, 273 

 Antitragus, 568 

 Anus, 295 

 Aorta, 105 

 development, 690 

 pressure of blood in, 146 

 valves of, 104 



action of, 118 

 Aphasia, 519 

 Apncea, 204 



Appendices epiploicae, 267 

 Appendix vermiformis, 266 

 Aquseductus, 

 cochleae, 572 

 vestibuli, 571 

 Aqueous humor, 594 

 Arachnoid, 472 

 Arches, visceral, 681 

 Area germinativa, 661 

 opaca, 661 

 pellucida, 661 

 vasculosa, 669 

 Areolar tissue, 34 

 Arsenic, 753 

 Arterial tension, 143 

 Arteries, 105 

 circulation in, 134 

 velocity of, 159 

 distribution, 105 

 muscular contraction of, 136 

 effect of cold on, 137 

 effect of division, 137 

 elasticity, 134 



purposes of, 135 

 muscularity, 136 

 governed by nervous system, 147 

 purposes of, 136 

 nerves of, 147 



nervous system, influence of, 147 

 office of, 147 

 pressure of blood in, 143 

 pulse, 137. See Pulse. 



Arteries continued. 



rhythmic contraction, 136 et scq. 



structure, 105 et seq. 

 distinctions in large and small arteries, 

 105 



systemic. 105 



tone of, 148 



umbilical, 696 



velocity of blood in, 159 

 Articulate sounds, classification of, 447 



See Vowels and Consonants. 

 Arytenoid cartilages, 439 



effect of approximation, 440 

 movements of, 440 



muscle, 439 

 Asphyxia, 204 



causes of death in, 206 



experiments on, 207 



symptoms, 205 

 Astigmatism, 602 

 Atmospheric air, 187. See Air. 



pressure in relation to respiration, 178 

 Auditory canal, 568 et seq. 



function, 567 

 Auditory centre, 529 

 Auditory nerve, 574 



distribution, 574 



effects of irritation of, 584 



pits, 669 



Auerbach's plexus, 260 

 Auricles of heart, 97, 100 



action, 115 



capacity, 100 



development, 687 



dilatation, 128 



force of contraction, 128 

 Automatic action, 470 



cerebrum, 514 



medulla oblongata, 496 et seq. 



respiratory, 497 

 Axis-cylinder of nerve-fibre, 452 



B. 



Bacterium lactis, 339 

 Baritone voice, 444 

 Basement-membrane, 



of mucous membranes, 329 



of secreting membranes, 325 

 Bass voice, 444 

 Battery, Daniell's, 408 

 Benzoic acid, 368, 751 

 Bicuspid valve, 100 

 Bidder's ganglia, 130 

 Bile, 279 



antiseptic power, 286 



coloring matter, 280 



composition of, 279 



digestive properties, 285 



excrementitious, ^83 



fat made capable of absorption by, 285 



functions in digestion, 283 



mixture with chyme, 285 



mucus in, 281 



