628 



INDEX. 



Blood, force of in arteries, 131 

 formation of in liver, 83 



in spleen, 327 

 gases in, 81 



changed by respiration, 180 

 of gastric and mesenteric veins, 79 

 globulin of, 68, 69 

 glucose or grape-sugar in, 75 

 growth and maintenance of, 85 

 haematin or cruorin of. 71 

 hepatic, characters of, 80 

 hippuric acid in, 76 

 inorganic constituents of, 75 

 lactic acid in, 76 

 menstrual, 56, 569 

 molecules or granules in, 72 

 movement of, in capillaries, 137 



in lungs, 172 

 odoriferous matters in, 76 

 odor or halitus of, 56 

 portal, characters of, 80 



purification of by liver, 264 

 quantity of, 56 

 reabsorption of bile into, 263 

 reaction of, 56 

 relation of to lymph, 289 



to secretions, 319, 321, 323 

 of rennl vein, 80 

 saline constituents of, 75 



uses of, 86 

 serum of, 72 



compared with secretion of 



serous membrane, 316 

 specific gravity of, 56 

 splenic, characters of, 80 

 structural composition of, 56 

 supply of, adapted to each part, 



122 



to brain. 151 



necessary for nutrition, 307 

 necessary to secretion, 323 

 temperature of, 56 

 urea in, 76 

 uric acid in, 76 

 uses of, 85 



variations of in different circum- 

 stances, 76 



in different parts of body, 77 

 water in, 73 

 Blood-corpuscles,' red, characters of, 



65 



chemical composition of, 68 

 development of, 81-83, 304 

 in liver, 83 

 in spleen, 327, 328 

 disintegration and removal of, 329 

 diversities of, 67 

 movement of in capillaries, 138 

 sinking of, 59 

 tendency to adhere, 60, 68 

 uses of, 87 



Blood-corpuscles, white, 71 



amoeboid movements of, 72 

 formation of in spleen, 328 

 Blood-crystals, 69 



Bloodvessels absorption by, 29,3-298 

 circumstances influencing, 297, 



298 



difference from lymphatic absorp- 

 tion, 293, 294 



osmotic character of, 294, 296 

 rapidity of, 297 

 area of, 137 

 communication with lymphatics, 



282 



development of, 598 

 influence of nervous system on, 



452 



of placenta, 589 

 relation to secretion, 324 

 share in nutrition, 306 

 Bone, 46 



canaliouli of, 48 

 cancellous structure of, 46 

 composition of, 46 

 development of, 49 

 Haversian canals of, 48 

 lacunae of, 48 

 lamellae of, 48 

 periosteum of, 47 

 structure of, 46 

 Bone-earth, composition of, 26 

 Bones or ossicles of ear, 529 

 Bones, growth of, 299 



nutrition of, 305 

 Boys, voice of, 484 

 Brain. See Cerebellum, Cerebrum, 



Pons, &c. 

 capillaries of, 134 

 circulation of blood in, 150 

 development of, 582, 605 

 disease of, with atrophy, 307 

 influence on heart's action. Ill 

 quantity of blood in. 152 

 Breathing-air, 166 

 Breathing. See Respiration. 

 Bronchi, arrangement and structure 



of, 157 



muscularity of, 171 

 Bronchial arteries and veins, 172, 173 

 Brunn's glands, 245 

 Buccinator muscle, nervous supply of, 



428 



Buflfy coat, formation of, 59, 68 

 Bulbus arteriosus, 599 

 Bursae mucosse, 315 



Caecum, 250 



changes of food in, 273 

 Calcium, salts of in human body, 25 



