INDEX 



427 



Arteries (continued) 

 Blood pressure in 



Effect of inhalation of 



oxygen on, 128 

 Fall of, how produced, 170, 



177 



Measurement by armlet, 121 

 Post-mortem investigations, 



123 

 Raised by excitation of 



cortex cerebri, 147 

 Restoration by constricting 



agents, 177 



Systolic, variations due to 

 age, sex, and posture, 12G, 

 127 

 Cerebral, pulsatile expansion, 



139 



Contracted and relaxed, differ- 

 ence between, depends on 

 muscular element, 119, 121 

 Contracted and sclerosed, failure 



of armlet readings, 123, 124 

 Contracted, stretching of, 118, 



119 



Development of, 133 

 Divided, insertion of lengths of 

 transplanted arteries or veins 

 between, 112 

 Elasticity and contractility of, 



116 



Embolism of, 164 

 Expansion, increase in patho- 

 logical states, 120 

 In eyeball, pulsation expansion, 



139 



Ligation of, results, 133 

 Maximal pulsation in, 122. 124 

 Obliteration pressure by armlet 



method, 121, 124 

 Obliteration readings to be taken 



during repose, 126 

 Pressure in, determined by pos- 



ture. 413 



Proportion in size and area, 133 

 Relaxation of, permanently pro- 

 duced by freezing and heating, 

 117 

 Relaxed, extension produced by, 



first addition of weight, 1 18 

 Small- 

 Blood pressure in, 127 

 Ramification homonomous, 



134 

 Structure of 



Developed by anastomotic 



paths, 164 



Developed by veins, 133 

 Surviving power of, 112 note 

 'I'. i-iniii.il. closure of, leading to 

 stasis and necrosis. 1(14 



Arteries (continued) 

 Tortuosity of, 120 

 Transfusion of blood from, to 

 veins in cases of shock, 

 179 

 Union of, with divided ends and 



veins, 112 



Walls of, contraction and ex- 

 pansion of, in tension, 171 

 Arterioles, 231, 234 



Constriction of, produced ex- 

 perimentally, 158 

 Function of, 144 

 Muscle of, action of pressor and 

 depressor afferent nerves on, 

 176 



Tone of, 175, 176 



Ascidians, excretory organ in, 152 

 Ascites, causes of, 149, 161 

 Association, centres of functions of, 



312 



Athletes, training of, 208 

 Atropine, induction of glaucoma by, 



141 

 Auricle 



Contraction of 



As showing by intra-oeso- 



phageal tracings, 91, 92 

 Indicated by " a " wave, 95 

 Filing of 



Influenced by systole of 



ventricle. 105 

 Possible factor in production 



of " v " wave. 103, 104 

 Left, movements of, 68. 69 

 Movements during cardiac cycle, 



68 

 Of heart, 43 



Degree of excitability, 49 

 Distribution of ganglion 



cells in, 46 



Stimulation of. result, 57 

 Precedence of beat in right or 



left, 66 

 Pressure in 



" C " wave, normal event of 



curve of, 97, 99 

 Experiments on. 75 

 Fall of, cause of " y " de- 

 pression, 107 

 Pressure waves, 83 

 Relaxation of, 105, 106 

 Right, chief function. 67 

 Stretching of walls of, factor in 

 production of " x " and " x' " 

 depressions, 107 

 Tetanisation of. 95 

 Auricle and ventricle in mammalian 

 heartt muscular connection be- 

 tween, 39, 63. See also Auriculo- 

 ventricular bundle 



