626 



INDEX. 



Alcoholic drinks, effect on respiratory 



changes, 176 

 Aliments. See Food. 

 Alimentary canal, development of, 

 606. See Stomach, Intestines, 

 Ac. 

 Alkalies, caustic, prevent coagulation, 



64 

 Alkaline and earthy salts, influence of 



on coagulation, 63 

 Allantois, 585, 586 

 Aluminium, an accidental element in 



tissues, 26 

 Amoeba, 72 



Amoeboid movements of white corpus- 

 cles, 72 

 Amaurosis, action of iris in, 425 



after injury of the fifth nerve, 432 

 Ammonia in blood, 76 



cyanate of, identical with urea, 



360 

 exhaled from lungs, 179 



from skin, 345 

 urate of, 363 

 Amnion, 585 

 Ampulla, 531 



Amputations, sensations after, 381 

 Amylaceous principles, action of gas- 

 tric fluid on, 230 

 of pancreas and intestinal glands 



on, 250,251, 271 

 of saliva on, 213 

 Amyloid substance in liver, 267 

 Amyloids, 200 

 Anastomoses of muscular fibres of 



heart, 460 

 of nerves, 372 

 of veins, 144 

 in erectile tissues, 153 

 Anatomical elements of human body, 



26-33 



Angle, optical, 514 

 Angulus opticus seu visorius, 514 

 Ani sphincter. See Sphincter. 

 Animal fats, 20 



food, digestion of, 228 



in relation to urea, 361 



in relation to uric acid, 362 



in relation to reaction of 



urine, 356 



heat, 189. See Heat and Tem- 

 perature, 

 life, muscles of, 458 



nervous system of, 368 

 starch. 267 

 Animals, their distinction from plants, 



15 

 Anterior pyramids, 403 



roots of spinal nerves. 391 

 Antihelix, 527 

 Antitragus, 527 



Anus, 249 

 Aorta, 91 



development of, 599 

 elasticity of, 117 

 pressure of blood in. 131 

 valves of, 96 



action of, 101 

 Apnoea, force of inspiratory efforts in, 



170. See Asphyxia. 

 Apoplexy, effects of, 420 



with cross paralysis, 405 

 Appendices epiploicae, 249 

 Appendix vermiformis, 249 

 Aqugeductus cochleae, 532 



vestibuli, 530 

 Aqueous humor, 505 

 Arches, visceral, 596 

 Area germinativa, 581 

 pellucida, 580 

 vasculosa, 587 

 Areola of nipple, 614 

 Areolar tissue, 38 

 functions of, 40 

 situations where found, 39 

 Arteries, 88, 115 



calibre of, how regulated, 118, 121 



coats of, 115 



muscular contraction of, 118 



effect of cold on, 119 



effect of division, 119 



of electro-magnetism, 120 

 elasticity of, 116, 117 



purposes of, 1 16 

 elongation and dilatation in the 



pulse, 123 



force of blood in, 130, 131 

 muscularity of, 115 



evidence of, 118 

 governed by nervous system, 121, 



122, 451 

 purpose of, 121 

 nerves of, 121 

 office of, 116 



pulse in, 123. See Pulse, 

 structure of, 115 

 distinction in large and small 



arteries, 115 

 systemic, 91 



velocity of blood in, 131 

 Articular cartilage, 43 

 Articulate sounds, classification of, 



487. See Vowels and Consonants 

 Artificial digestive fluid, 224 

 Arytenoid cartilages, 478 



effect of approximation, 481 

 movements of, 478 

 muscle, 478, 479 

 Asphyxia, 186 



cause of death in, 186 

 experiments on, 186 

 essential cause of, 188 



