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INDEX. 



Ciliary movement, 77 



influence of acids on, 80 

 alkalies on, 81 

 anaesthetics on, 81 

 imbibition on, 80 

 mechanical force of, 78 

 protoplasmic nature of, 81 

 temperature on, 80 



nerves, 863 



Ciliated epithelial cells, 77 

 Cilio-spinal centre, 795 

 Circulation, hydraulic principles of, 516 



estimation of duration of, 531 



in arteries, 523 



in fishes, 494 



influence of nervous system on, 540 

 of the respiration on, 605 



in mammals, 497 



in the capillaries, 536 



in the veins, 539 



of lymph, 467 



of the blood, 491 



organs of, 491 



rapidity of, 531 

 Clarke's column, 799 

 Cleavage of ovum, 15, 19 

 Clover, composition of, 187 

 Coagulated proteids, 102 

 Coagulation of blood, 483 



of milk, 614 

 Cochlea, 877 

 Cochlear nerve, 882 

 Co-efficient of absorption of gases, 59 



of elasticity, 66 

 Cohesion, 38 



of tissues, 62 



Cold, action of on heart, 548 

 Collagen, 106 



Collagenous albuminoids, 105 

 Colloids, osmosis of, 52 

 Colon, functions of, 429 

 Colostrum, 609 



changes in, 620 



corpuscles, 610 



Comparative physiology, definition of, 1 

 Complemental volume of air, 573 

 Conduction in the spinal cord, 795 

 Conglutin, 94 

 Connective-tissue constituents, 104 



tissues, 34 



Constituents of food, fate of, 664 

 Contents of cells, 12 

 Contractile tissues, 701 

 Contractility of protoplasm, 14, 70 

 Convolutions of the brain, 804 

 Co-ordination, 785 

 Copper, 136 

 Cornea, 849 

 Corpora bigemina, 807 



quadrigemina, 807 

 functions of, 822 



striata, 807 

 Corpuscles of bone, 29 



Corpus luteum, 913 



Corpus striatum, functions of, 822 



Cortex of the brain, functions of, 524 



Corti's organ, 882 



Cotton-seed cake, 183 



Coughing, 605 



centre for, 817 

 Cranial nerves, 832 



origin of, 812 

 Cream, 617 



composition of, 618 

 Crop, functions of, 380 

 Crura cerebri, 818 



functions of, 821 

 Crying, "605 

 Crystallin, 97 

 Crystalline lens, 849 

 Cutaneous absorption, 656 



functions, 651 



respiration, 656 

 Cyclosis, 73 

 Cytoblasts, 16 



Decomposition of the albuminous bodies, 



109 



Decussation of pyramids, 810 

 Defecation, 451 

 Deglutition, 307 



centre for, 817 

 Dental formula, 252 

 Dentine, structure of, 246 

 Dentition in domestic animals, 263 



in herbivora, 258 

 Depressor nerve, 556 

 Derived albuminates, 98 

 Development of bone, 35 



of tissue, explanation of, 15 



of tissues and organs, 31 

 Dextrin, 116 



test for, 116 

 Dextrose, 117 



Diabetes, production of, 672 

 Diabetic centre, 671, 817 

 Dialysis, 53 

 Diapedesis, 539 

 Diarthroses, 729 

 Diarthrosis rotatoria, 730 

 Diastatic ferment of the liver, 671 

 Diaster, 17 



Dicrotic wave, explanation of, 536 

 Diet of animals, 193 



Diffusion, application of to respiration, 596 

 Diffusion of gases, 56 



in the animal organism, 60 



in the lungs, 592 



through porous partitions, 58 



of liquids, 49 



Digastric muscle, functions of in mastica- 

 tion, 242 



Digestibility of food-stuffs, 432 

 Digestion, 203 



gastric, 337 



m the mouth, 268 



