1264 INDEX 



Para position, 50 



Paracasein, 1240 



Paracentral lobe, 417 



Paradox cold, 488 



Paradoxical contraction, 283 



Paraffins, 45 



Paraglobulin, 98 



Paramoecium, conjugation of, 1201 



Paramucin, 105 



Paramyosinogen, 98, 213 



Paranuclein, 100, 688 



Paraplasm, 16 



Parathyroids, functions of, 1189 



Parietal lobe, 417 



Parotid gland, 663 



innervation of, 666 

 Parthenogenesis, 1211 

 Partition coefficient, 24 

 Parturition, 1233-1236 



nervous mechanism of, 1236 

 Passive movement, 600 

 Pawlow's gastric fistula, 690 

 Pelvic visceral nerve, 473 



action on bladder, 1157 

 Pendular movements of intestine, 725 

 Pendulum myograph, 195, 196 

 Pentachromic vision, 580 

 Pentamethylene diamine, 155 

 Pentosanes, 61, 106 

 Pentoses, 61, 105 

 Pentosuria, 61 

 Pepsin, action of, 685 

 Peptone, food value of, 645 

 Peptones, 100 



fractionation of, 685 

 Peptonised blood, 840, 849 

 Pericardium, use of, 894, 910 

 Perilymph, 515 

 Perimeter, 563 

 Peripheral ganglia, inhibition in, 475 



nerve nets, 469 



reflexes, 474 

 Peripolar zone, 268 

 Peristalsis, 727 



Permeability of membranes, 22, 125, 131 

 Peroxidases, 1108 

 Pes, 374 



Pettenkofer's respiration apparatus, 618 

 Pfeffer's cell, 125 

 Pfiiiger's law, 267 

 Phagocytes, 1022 

 Phagocytosis, 816, 1022 

 Phakoscope, 540 

 Phenylalanine, 85, 91 

 Phenylethylamine, 156 

 Phenylglucosazone, 63 

 Phenylhydrazine test, 123, 162 

 Phenyllactosazone, 68 

 Phenylmaltosazone, 67 

 Phloridzin diabetes, 801 

 Phloroglucin reaction for pentoses, 61 

 Phonation, pressure, 523 

 Phosphates, estimation of, 1129 



excretion in large intestine, 724 

 by kidney, 1147 



in urine, 1113 

 Phosphatides, 57 

 Phospholipines, 57 

 Phosphoprotein, 100 



Phosphoproteins, action of gastric juice on, 6 

 Phosphorus, 43, 57 



Photochemical substances in retina, 567 



Photo-hsematachometer, 889 



Phototaxis, 27 



Phrenic nerve, electrical variations in, 242 



Phrenology, 434 



Physiology, definition of, 1, 7 



general, 13 



Physiological heat-values, 621 

 Pick on fractionation of proteoses, 685 

 Picric acid, 51 

 Pilomotor nerves, 469 

 Pineal gland, 1193 

 Pinna, function of, 511 

 Piqure diabetes, 800 

 Pituitary body, extirpation of, 1191 

 structure of, 1190 



extract, effect of, 1192 

 Placenta, functions of, 1232 

 Plain muscle, 180, 243 



chemical stimulation of, 246 

 contraction, time-relations of, 243 

 double innervation of, 247 

 influence of temperature on, 247 

 mechanical stimulation of, 246 

 stimulation of, 244 

 Plasma, muscle-, 212 



blood, 811, 857 

 Plasmahaut, 21 

 Plasmolysis, 22, 23, 127 

 Plasmosome, 16 

 Plasome, 20 

 Plasteins, 169 

 Plastids, 17, 33 

 Plethora, 1009 



Plethysmograph for kidney, 993 

 Pleura, 1040 



permeability of, 136 



Pleural cavity, negative pressure in, 1045 

 Pneumogastric nerve, see Vagus 

 Pohl's reverser, 188 

 Poikilothermic animals, 1169 

 Polar bodies, 1209 

 Polar zone, 268 

 Polarimeter, 51 

 Polarisation, 51, 173, 224 



by colloids, 145 



in nerve, 280 

 Polarised light, 51 

 Polarising current, 265 

 Polymorpho nuclear leucocytes, 813 

 Polymorphous layer of cortex, 428 

 Polypeptides, 89, 90, 99, 704 



action of trypsin on, 89 



reactions of, 89 



synthesis of, 88 

 Polysaccharides, 62, 68 

 Pons Varolii, 371 



antero-lateral tract, 372 



functions of, 394 



pedal portion, 372 



structure, 370 



tegmentum, 372 

 Portal system in birds, 761 

 Position, sensations of, 603-609 

 Positive after-images, 571 



polarisation of nerve, 282 



ventilation, 1091 

 Posterior columns of cord, 354 



crico-arytenoid muscle, 521 



longitudinal bundle, 369, 370, 372, 381, 

 389, 408 



