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INDEX. 



Capillaries, continued. 

 development of, 766. 



diameter of, 169. 



influence of on circulation, 1 76. 



network of, 169. 



number of, 171. 



passage of red corpuscles through 

 walls of, 176. 



resistance to flow of blood in, 173. 



still layer in, 175. 



structure of, 167. 



systemic, 113. 



of lungs, 203, 219. 



of muscle, 587. 



of stomach, 278. 

 Capsule of Glisson, 321. 

 Capsules, Malpighian, 444. 

 Carbon, union of with oxygen, pro- 

 ducing heat, 246. 



its combustion-heat, 248. 



excretion and replacement of, 



161. 

 Carbonic acid in atmosphere, 220. 



in blood, 95, 98, 230. 



effect of in producing asphyxia, 

 241. 



exhaled from skin, 438. 



increase of in breathed air, 221. 



in lungs, 218. 



in relation to heat of body, 246. 

 Cardiac orifice, action of, 294. 



sphincter of, 274. 



relaxation in vomiting, 297. 

 Cardiac branches of pneumogastric 



nerve, 560. 

 Carnivorous animals, food of, 259. 



sense of smell in, 635. 

 Cartilage, 50. 



articular, 52 



cellular, 51. 



chondrin obtained from, 21. 



elastic, 50. 



fibrous, 52. See Fibro-cartilage. 



hyaline, 51. 



matrix of, ib. 



ossification in, 58. 



perichondrium of, 51. 



permanent, 50. 



structure of, ib. 



temporary, 50, 52. 



uses of, 53. 



varieties of, 50. 



Cartilage of external ear, use in 

 hearing, 683. 



Cartilages of larynx, 608. 



of ribs, elasticity of, 209. 

 Casein in blood, 91. 

 Catalytic process, 286. 

 Cauda equina, 492. 

 Caudate ganglion-corpuscles, 476. 

 Cell, vegetable, history of a, I. 

 Cells, primary or elementary, 

 definition of, 34. 

 contents of, 35. 

 shape of, ib. 

 structure of, 34. 



blood, 78. &?0 Blood-corpuscles, 

 cartilage, 50. 

 embryonic, IOI. 



epithelium, 38-43. See Epithe- 

 lium, 

 of glands, 40, 405. 



action of in secretion, 409. 

 lacunar, of bone, 57. 

 mastoid, 674. 

 nerves ending in, 473. 

 olfactory, 633. 

 pigment, 49. 

 of stomach, 274. 

 Cellular cartilage, 5 1 . 

 Cellular tissue, 44. See Areolar tis- 

 sue. 



Cement of teeth, 60, 62. 

 Centres, nervous. See Nervous 



centres. 



of ossification, 58. 

 Centrifugal nerve-fibres, 477. 

 Centripetal nerve-fibres, ib. 

 Cerebellum, 525. 



co-ordinative function of, 528. 



cross action of, 531. 



effects of injury of crura, 531. 



of removal of, 528. 

 functions of, 527. 

 in relation to sensation, ib. 

 to motion, 528. 

 to muscular sense, 529. 

 to sexual passion, ib. 

 structure of, 525. 

 Cerebral circulation, 191. 



ganglia, function of, 523. 

 hemispheres. See Cerebrum. 

 Cerebral nerves, 539. 

 arrangement of, ib. 

 third, 540. 



effects of irritation and injury 



of, ib. 

 relation of to iris, 541. 



