INDEX 



Abdominal muscles, 247. 



action in respiration, 247. 

 Abducens nerve, centre, 67, 69. 

 Aberration, chromatic, 127. 



spherical, 127. 



Absorption from tissues, 242. 

 of carbohydrates, 331. 

 fats, 331. 

 proteins, 330. 

 Acapnia, 268. 

 Accelerator nerves, 221. 

 Accessory auditory nucleus, 70, 91. 

 Accommodation of eye, 123. 

 Acetone, 347. 

 Achroo-dextrin, 7, 293. 

 Acid metaprotein, 9, 303. 

 Acidosis, 347, 385. 

 Acoustic tubercle, 70, 91. 

 Acromegaly, 406. 

 Adaptation, 106, 133. 

 Addison's disease, 401. 

 Adenine, 11, 359. 



Adrenalin, 218, 224, 227, 234, 401. 

 action on coronary arteries, 218. 

 effect on heart, 224. 

 production, nervous control of, 234. 

 Adsorption, 16. 

 Aerotonometer, 255, 261. 

 ^Esthesiometer, 110. 

 . Afferent nerves, 34. 



projection system, 83. 

 After-images, 135, 136. 

 Air, alveolar, 251. 

 atmospheric, 250. 

 changes by breathing, 250. 

 complemental, 249. 

 quantity breathed, 249. 

 reserve, 249. 

 residual, 249. 

 tidal, 249. 

 transmission of sound-waves through, 



145. 



Air-sacs, 245. 

 Alanine, 12, 355. 

 Albumin, 10. 

 characters of, 10. 

 egg, 13. 

 serum, 13, 166. 



Alcaptonuria, 388. 



Alcohol as a beverage, 378. 



Aldehyde, 5. 



Aldoses, 6. 



Alimentary glycosuria, 350, 407. 



Alkali metaprotein, 9, 314. 



Alveolar air apparatus, 251. 



composition of, 251. 

 Amacrine cells, 118. 

 Ametropia, 126. 

 Amino-acids, 9, 12, 314, 325, 331, 



355. 



in blood, 355. 



Ammonia in urine, 348, 385. 

 Amnion, 414. 

 Amoeba, 1. 



Amoeboid movement, 164. 

 Ampulla, 151. 



Amylolytic enzymes, 293, 315. 

 Anabolism, 338. 

 Anacrotic pulse, 206. 

 Anaphylaxis, 168. 

 Anarthria, 93. 

 Anelectrotonus, 35. 

 Animal cell, 2. 



heat, 365. 

 Anode, 23. 

 Antagonistic colours, 136. 



muscles, reciprocal action of, 61. 

 Anterior cerebro-spinal fasciculus, 52. 

 Antero-lateral ascending tract, 54. 



descending tract, 53. 

 Antibodies, 167. 

 Antidromic impulses, 229. 

 Antigens, 167. 

 Antithrombin, 172. 

 Antitoxin, 168. 

 Apex beat, 193. 

 Aphasia, 93. 

 Apnoea, 249, 267, 276. 



in ducks, 277. 

 Aqueduct, cerebral, 76. 

 Aqueous humor, 119. 

 Arcuate fibres, 68. 

 Area, association, 92. 

 audito-psychic, 91. 

 audito -sensory, 91. 

 gustatory, 92. 



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