INDEX 



Absence of change of rhythm during reflex, 

 491 



of nerve cells from peripheral network, 



406 

 Absorption band, meaning of, 551 



coefficient of gases in liquids, 54 



from alimentary canal, 335, 336 



from tissue spaces, 165, 335 



of dyes by renal tubules, 357 



of fats, 375 



of light, 35, 548 



of proteins, 374 



of solutes in renal tubules, 356, 357 



of sugars, 374 



of water and salts, 375 



in cloaca of birds, 355. 



in renal tubules, 354 



spectra of hemoglobin, 626 

 of ions, 174 



photography of, 576 

 Abstract physiology, vii 

 Acapnia, 634 



Accelerator nerve, effect of, on heart muscle, 



407 



Acceptor, 587 

 Accessory factor in milk, nature of, 257 



not nitrogenous, 257 

 Accessory factors as hormones, 257 



for diatoms, 261 



for Euglena, 261 



for plant growth, 260 



in relation to cell membranes, 261 



of diet, 254 



nerve endings in muscle, 544 

 Acclimatisation to high altitudes, 629, 630, 



634. 

 Accommodation in eye, 517 



of cells to pressure, 164 

 Acetaldehyde from glucose, 276 

 Aceto-acetic acid, 276 

 Acetone treatment of cells, 590 

 Acetyl-choline, 727 



Acid, action of, on heart, 187 



effect of, on haemoglobin dissociation 



curve, 624 



secretion of, by molluscs, 359 



52 



Acidic dyes, 70 



Acidity, numerical expression of, 184 



Acids as vaso-dilators, 699 



Acquired characters, transmission of, 718 



Acromegaly, 719 



Action 'of anode, 417 



Actions on cell membrane, 142 



Activation of chlorine by light, 555 



of oxygen, 580 



Active contraction of artery, 687 

 Active mass, meaning of, 184 

 Activity related to transfer of energy, 31 

 Adaptation, 201, 228 



in secretion, 352 

 Adductor muscle of anodon, 534 



of bivalves, 405, 454 

 Adiabatic process, 32 

 Adrenaline, 710 



action of, on skeletal muscle, 545 



effect in relation to osmotic pressure, 163 

 of calcium on action of, 217 



on oxygen consumption by heart, 609 



in pressor reflexes, 700 



in relation to calcium, 429 

 - in toad, 710, 727 



Adsorbed material, state of, 69, 73 



salts not dissociated, 691 

 Adsorption, action of electrolytes on, 58 



affected by previous treatment of surface, 



60 



and chemical nature of surface, 726 



and dielectric constant, 58 



and osmosis, 69 



apparent increase of solubility due to, 57 



by enzymes, 316 



by the soil, 68 



cause of, 54, 55 



chemical, 59 



chemical reaction at surfaces in, 57 



compound as precipitate, 64 



compounds, 64 



not solid solutions, 67 



of enzymes with substrates, 326 



of Raehlmann, 65 



- of silk, 106 

 of uniform composition, 66 



controlling rate of reaction, 65, 67 



effect of mechanical on electrical, 59, 90 



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