INDEX. 



1587 



Kemak, ganglion of, in heart of frog, 



278 



Eennet, curdling action of on milk, 374 



Kennin, its direct action on casein, 375 



,, its formation in gastric cells, 419 



Eeproduction, tissues and mechanisms 



of, 1487 



,, general features of, 1487 



,, female organs of, 1489 



,, male organs of, 1502 



Respiration, 526-631 



,, pulmonary, circulation aided 



by, 219 

 ,, ,, its mechanism, 526, 535- 



549 

 ,, ,, work of the muscles of the 



ribs in, 545 



,, ,, laboured, muscles of, 546 



,, ,, expiration, the expiratory 



muscles, 547 

 ,, ,, change of temperature of 



air in, 550 

 ,, change of aqueous vapour 



in, 550 

 ,, changes in blood caused 



by, 553 



,, ,, chemical aspects of, 582 



,, an involuntary act, 584 



,, ,, sequence of muscular con- 



tractions in, 584 



centre for, medullary, 585 



,, ,, automatic action of, 



586 



,, influenced by affer- 



ent impulses, 588 



,, ,, ,, duplexity of its ac- 



tion, 591 



,, ,, effects of inflation 



and suction, 592 



,, ,, ,, double action of 



vagus on, 595 

 ,, ,, nature of action, 



596 

 ,, ,, two lateral halves 



of, 598 



,, ,, ,, influenced by cha- 



racter of blood 

 supply, 598 

 by heat, 599 

 ., by deficiencyof 

 oxygen, 600, 

 1531 



,, ,, ,, ,, by excess of 

 carbonic acid, 

 600 



,, ,, ,, ,, by other changes 



in the blood, 

 602 



apncea, pheno- 

 mena of, 603 



Cheyne-Stokes, 605 

 ,, affected by changes in 

 atmospheric pressure, 

 601, 611 



F. 



Eespiration, pulmonary, its effect on ar- 

 terial pressure, 613 

 ,, ,, artificial, its effect on the 



circulation, 619 



,, ,, impeded, its effect on 

 heart-beat, 621 



,, ,, ,, ,, on vaso-motor sys- 



tem, 622 

 ,, ,, phenomena of asphyxia, 



624 

 ,, ,, as affected by muscular 



work, 628 

 ,, regulation of temperature 



by, 811 



,, slowing of during hiber- 



nation, 820 



,, as affected by sleep, 1552 

 facial and laryngeal, 548 

 cutaneous, 696 

 of muscle, 578 

 of other tissues, 580 

 of the embryo, 1520 

 placental compared with bran- 

 chial, 1522, 1523 

 Respiratory .quotient in herbivora and 



carnivora compared, 798 

 Restiform body, its connection with the 



cord, 950 

 Rete testis, 1503 



vasculosum of testis, 1503 

 Reticular tissue of intestine, 444 

 Reticulum, splenic, structure of, 736 

 Retina, see Eye, retina 

 Rheometer of Ludwig, 220 

 Rheoscopic frog, 111 



current of action shewn 



in, 124 



Rhythm, secondary respiratory, 605 

 Rhythmic changes of calibre in artery, 



307 

 beat of heart, spontaneous 



nature of, 280 

 ,, contractions of uterus during 



pregnancy, 1533 

 Ribs, movements of, in respiration, 544, 



545 



Rigor mortis, its cause, 40 

 ,, ,, characters of, 95 

 ,, development of carbonic acid 



in, 100 



,, ,, conversion of my osinogen in- 

 to myosin during, 104 

 ,, ,, progressive order of, 147 

 ,, ,, as compared with contraction, 



153, 154 

 ,, accession of heat at onset of, 



810 



Rima glottidis, the, 1448 

 Rings, cartilaginous, of trachea, 531 

 Ritter Valli law, 144 

 Rod cells of olfactory mucous membrane, 



1385 



,, of taste-buds, 1394 

 Rods, of retina, 1197, 1254, 1257 



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