INDEX 



Abdomen, contents of, 5. 



Abdominal respiration, 360. 



Abducens nerve, 130. 



Aberration, chromatic, 227. 



Aberration, spherical, 227. 



Abortion, danger of, 521. 



Absorption, 442; of carbohydrates, 

 443; of fats, 450; from large intes- 

 tine, 451; nature of, 443; of pro- 

 teins, 448; from small intestine, 

 442; from stomach, 442. 



Accessories of diet, 387, 388. 



Accessory reproductive organs, 505. 



Accommodation, 223; mechanism of, 

 226. 



Acetabulum, 61. 



Achromatic lenses, 227. 



Achromatin filaments, 21. 



Acid, acetic, 15; amino, 9, 418; 

 butyric, 15; fatty, 418; formic, 15; 

 glycocholic, 464; hydrochloric, 15, 

 419; lactic, 15; sarcolactic, 15; 

 taurocholic, 464; uric, 13, 471. 



Acromegaly, 273. 



Action currents, 99. 



Adam's apple, 492. 



Addison's Disease, 273. 



Adenoid tissue, 269, 346. 



Adipose tissue, 42. 



Adrenalin, 273; relation of to circu- 

 lation, 340. 



Adrenals (suprarenal capsules), 273. 



Afferent nerve paths, 142. 



Afterbirth (placenta), 520. 



After-images, 245. 



Agglutinins, 277. 



Air, changes in when breathed, 371; 

 composition of, 371; expired, com- 

 position of, 372; quantity breathed 

 daily, 360. 



Albumin, 10; serum, 267. 



Albuminoid, 10; nutritive value of, 

 457. 



Albuminuria, 471. 



Alcohol, effect of on Body, 393. 



Alexin, 275. 



Alimentary canal, general arrange- 

 ment of, 397; blood-vessels of, 416; 

 subdivisions of, 397. 



Alimentary glycosuria, 445. 



Allantois, 520. 



Alveoli of lungs, 350. 



Ammo acid, 9, 418. 



Amoeboid cells, 74; movements, 24, 

 266. 



Amylopsin, 420. 



Anabolic processes, 24. 



Anatomy, definition of, 1. 



Anatomy of alimentary canal, 397; 

 of brain, 124; of ear, 187; of eye, 

 212; of joints, 68; of lymphatic sys- 

 tem, 345; of muscular system, 73; 

 of nervous system, 116; of respira- 

 tory organs, 348; of skeleton, 49; 

 of skin, 474; of urinary organs, 464; 

 of vascular system, 288. 



Anemia, 264. 



Angle, visual, 238. 



Animal heat, source of, 485. 



Ankle bones, 62. 



Antiperistalsis, 430. 



Antitoxin, 277. 



Anus, 410. 



Anvil bone, 188. 



Aorta, 292; branches of, 296. 



Apex beat of heart, 305. 



Aphasia, 158. 



Apnea, 366. 



Appendicular skeleton, 60. 



Appendix vermiformis, 410. 



Appetite, importance of, 441. 



Aqueous humor, 218. 



Arachnoid, 5, 121. 



Areas of cerebrum, association, 152; 

 motor, 148; for language, 157; 

 sensory, 147. 



Areola, 522. 



Areolar tissue, 41. 



Arm, skeleton of, 62. 



Arterial blood, 302; color of, 376. 



Arterial pressure, 325; determining 

 factors of, 326; influence of capil- 

 lary resistance on, 327; influence 

 of heart rate on, 326. 



Arterial system, 295. 



Arterioles, 297. 



Artery, axillary, 296; brachial, 296; 

 bronchial, 297; carotid, 296; celiac, 

 297; coronary, 293, 296; femoral, 

 297; hepatic, 412; iliac, 296, 297; 

 innominate, 296; intercostal, 297; 

 mesenteric, 297, 416; popliteal, 



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