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INDEX 



Reflexes, clonic, 592 



complex, 592 



cremasteric, 592 



crossing, 586 



inhibition of, 588 



by afferent impulses, 589 

 by midbrain, 589 

 cerebral, 588 



from lessening irritability of nerv- 

 ous system, 590 



labyrinthine, 789 



light, 648, 812 



perception, 592 



periodic, 592 



pseudo-, 637 



simple. 591 



spastic, 592 



spreading, 586, 592 



threshold, 585 



tonic, 592 



trigeminus cardiac, 327 



yawning, 593 

 Refraction, 798 



by biconcave lens, 803 



by biconvex lens, 800 



by plate, 799 



by prism, 799 



index of, 798 



of eye, abnormalities in, 853 

 Refractive media, 799 



power of cornea, 809 



of crystalline lens, changes in, 827 

 of eye, shadow test, 867 



tests for, 861 



Refractory period of heart beat, 341 

 Regeneration, 1109, 1113 



of nerve, 122. See also Nerve regen- 

 eration. 

 Regio olfactoria, 744 



respiratoria, 744 

 Registers, vocal, 553 

 Reissner's membrane, 775 

 Relaxation period of muscular move- 

 ment. 43 



Remak's ganglion, 318, 332 

 Renal circulation, 433 



glycosuria, 966, 1043 

 Rennet, 925 

 Rennin, 901, 924 

 Reproduction, 1109, 1116 



dynamic theories of, 1117 



of living substance, 32 



preformation theory, 1117 



sexual, 1117 



Reproductive organs, 1109, 1117 

 female, 1122 

 male, 1122 

 Reptile heart, 257 

 Repulsive odors, 747 

 Residual air, 480 



blood, 229 

 Resistance, 245 

 Resonance of sounds, sympathetic, 



761 

 Resonant sounds, 554 



Resonator, Helmholtz's, 762 



Kdnig's, 762 

 Respiration, 445 



abdominal type, 466 



accessory movements, 471 



action of intercostal muscles in, 468 



artificial, 482 



Galliano's method, 483 



for animals, 484 



mouth-to-mouth method, 484 



Sylvester's method, 483 

 Biot, 524 

 calorimeter, 1091 



changes in position of lungs in, 475 

 chemical regulation of, 532 

 chemistry of, 486 

 Cheyne-Stokes, 523 

 costal type, 466 

 diaphragmatic, type, 466 

 external, 447, 487 

 in insects, 448 

 in new-born infant, 460 

 internal, 447, 487, 507 

 nervous regulation of, 528 

 number, 474 

 of swallowing, 1002 

 reflex regulation, 533 

 self-regulation of, 538 

 tissue, 507 



Respiratory capacity, 481 

 center, cause of activity, 530 



location, 528 



nervous connections, 528 



regulation of activity, 531 

 cycle, 455 



dynamic phase, 461 



function of diaphragm in, 462 

 of ribs in, 465 



static phase, 456 

 ferments, 513 

 interchange, 514 



through skin, 450 

 movements, 461 



character, 472 



frequency, 472 



mechanics of, 454 



methods of recording, 472 



modified, 481 



muscles, classification of. 471 

 organs, special, 448 

 oxygen, 445 



passage, upper, innervation of, 534 

 pause, 456 

 quotient, 514 



effect of composition of air on, 516 

 of diminution in partial pressure 



of oxygen on, 517 

 of external temperature on, 516 

 of increase in partial pressure of 



oxgyen on, 517 

 of rate and depth of respiratory 



movements on, 516 

 slight increase in partial pressure 

 of carbon dioxid on, 518 



in hibernating animals, 515 



