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INDEX. 



Paraplegia, 



delivery in, 489 



reflex movements in, 489 

 Parotid gland, saliva from, 236 



nerves influencing secretion by, 237 

 Patellar reflex, 486 

 Paunch, 245 

 Pause in heart's action, 121 



respiratory, 183 

 Pecten of birds, 701 

 Peduncles, 



of the cerebellum, 524 



of the cerebrum, or Crura Cerebri, 



499 



Pelvis of the kidney, 353 

 Penis, 



corpus cavernosum of, 163, 643 



development of, 712 



erection of, explained, 163 



structure, 643 

 Pepsin, 252 

 Pepsinogen, 250 

 Peptic cells, 248 

 Peptones, 252, 739 et seq. 

 Pericardium, 97 

 Perichondrium, 40 



Perilymph, or fluid of labyrinth of ear, 

 570 



use of, 580 

 Perimysium, 396 

 Perineurium, 453 

 Periosteum, 45 

 Peristaltic movements of intestines, 293 



of stomach, 255 



Perivascular lymphatic sheaths, 115 

 Permanent teeth, 222. See Teeth. 

 Perspiration, cutaneous, 350 



insensible and sensible, 350 



ordinary constituents of, 350 

 Pettenkofer's test, 280 

 Peyer's glands, 263 



patches, 263 



structure of, 263 

 Pfluger's law, 430 

 Phakosocope, 597 

 Pharynx, 241 



action of, in swallowing, 244 



influence of glosso-pharyngeal nerve on, 

 245 



of pneumogastric nerve on, 245 

 Phenol, 272, 751 

 Phenomena of life, 1 

 Phosphates, 753 

 Phosphates in tissues, 753 

 Phosphorus in the human body, 753 

 Pia mater, 472 

 Pigment, 20 

 Pigment cells, forms of, 20 



movements of granules in, 20 

 Pineal gland, 392 

 Pinna of ear, 568 

 Pituitary body, 392 



development, 680 

 Placenta, 672 et seq. 



foetal and maternal, 672 et sea. 



Plants, 



distinctions from animals, 10 

 Plasma of blood, 77 



salts of, 78 

 Plasmine, 62 

 composition, 62 

 nature of, 62 

 Plethysmograph, 148 

 Pleura, 173 



Pleuro-peritoneal cavity, 666 

 Plexus, 455 



terminal, 400 

 Pneumogastric nerve, 540 

 distribution of, 541 

 influence on 

 action oi heart, 131 

 deglutition, 542 

 gastric digestion, 256 

 larynx, 542 

 lungs, 197 

 oesophagus, 542 

 pharynx, 542 

 respiration, 197 

 secretion of gastric fluid, 256 

 sensation of hunger, 214 

 stomach, 256 

 mixed function of, 542 

 origin from medulla oblpngata, 540 

 Poisoned wounds, absorption from, 314 

 Polar cell,. 455 

 Pons Varolii, its structure, 499 



functions, 499 

 Portal 



blood, characters of, 90 

 canals, 275 

 circulation, 275 



function of spleen with regard to, 386 

 veins, arrangement of, 275 et seq. 

 Portio dura, of seventh nerve, 538 



mollis, of seventh nerve, 538 

 Potassium, 752, 753 



sulphocyanate, 234 



Pregnancy, absence of menstruation dur- 

 ing, 648 et seq. 

 corpus luteum of, 652 

 influence on blood, 89 

 Presbyopia, or long-sight, 604 

 Primitive groove, 662 



streak, 662 

 Primitive nerve-sheath, or Schwann's 



sheath, 511 

 Pro-nucleus, female, 656 



male, 657 



Propionic acid, 750 

 Prosencephalon, 698 

 Prostate gland, 644 

 Proteids, 733 



chemical properties, 734 et seq. 

 physical properties, 734 

 tests for, 734 

 varieties of, 734 

 Proteolytic ferments, 253 

 Protoplasm, 1 



chemical characters, 3 

 movement. 2 



