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INDEX. 



Cryptogamic plants, movements of 



spores of, 7. 

 Crystalline lens, 644. 



in relation to vision at different 

 distances, 651. 



masses in ear, 691. 

 Crystalloids, 373. 

 Crystals, growth of, 13. 



in blood, 98. 



Cupped appearance of blood- clot, 71. 

 Curves of arteries, 155. 

 Cutaneous perspiration, 435. 

 Cuticle. See Epidermis, Epithelium. 

 .. of hair, 431. 



thickening of, 396. 

 Cutis anserina, 583. 



vera, 421, 423. 

 Cyanate of ammonia, 455. 

 Cylindrical epithelium, 40. 

 Cystic duct, 321, 332. 

 Cystin in urine, 464. 

 Cytoblasts, 32. 



in developing and growing parts, 

 387- 



D. 

 Day, time of, influence on carbonic 



acid, 224. 

 Death, definition of, 15. 



instantaneous, from injury to me- 

 dulla oblongata, 515. 

 Decapitated animals, reflex acts in, 



502. 



Decay of blood- corpuscles, 104. 

 of living structures, 2. 



proportionate to life, 14. 

 natural, of particles, 381. 

 Decidua, 756. 

 reflexa, ib. 

 serotina, ib. 

 vera, ib. 

 Decomposition, tendency of animal 



compounds to, 18. 



Decussation of fibres in medulla ob- 

 longata, 512, 514. 

 in spinal cord, 500. 

 of optic nerves, 669. 

 Defecation, mechanism of, 234. 



influence of spinal cord on, 502, 509. 

 Degeneration of tooth -fangs, 384. 

 Deglutition, 271. 



connection with medulla oblon- 

 gata, 517. 

 a reflex act, 502. 



Deglutition, continued. 

 relation of pneumogastric nerve 



to, 560. 



Dental groove, primitive, 63. 

 Dentine, 60. 

 Derma, 421. 



Descendens noni nerve, 565. 

 Development, 2, 740. 

 of the germ, 1 1. 

 after birth, 13. 

 relation to growth, 395. 

 repeated in nutrition, 387. 

 of organs, 760, e. s. 

 of alimentary canal, 775. 

 of blood, 100. 

 of bone, 58. 

 of embryo, 740, e. s. 

 of extremities, 764. 

 of face and visceral arches, 762. 

 of heart and vessels, 765. 

 of nervous system, 772. 

 of organs of sense, ib. 

 of respiratory apparatus, 778. 

 of teeth, 63. 



of vascular system, 765. 

 of vertebral column and cranium, 



760. 



of Wolffian bodies, urinary appa- 

 ratus and sexual organs, 779. 

 Dextrin,forrnation of in digestion,292. 

 Diabetes, 454. 

 Diaphragm, 109. 



action of on abdominal viscera,23i. 

 in inspiration, 206, 207. 

 in various respiratory acts,23 1 -36. 

 in vomiting, 297. 

 Dicrotous pulse, 163. 

 Diet, influence of on blood, 92. 

 Diffusion of gases in respiration, 218. 



of impressions, 488. 

 Digestion, general nature of, 255. 

 of food in the intestines, 304. 

 of food in the stomach, 273, 287. 

 influence of nervous system 



on, 298. 



of stomach after death, 301. 

 See Gastric fluid, Food, Stomach. 

 Digestive fluid. See Gastric -fluid, 

 artificial, 285. 

 property of bile, 335. 

 of gastric fluid, 283. 

 of pancreatic secretion, 319. 

 of saliva, 270. 

 tract of mucous membrane, 403. 



