INDEX. 



419 



Area, kinsesthetic, 86, 89. 



motor, 86. 



olfactory, 92. 



visuo-psychic, 90. 



visuo-sensory, 90. 

 Arginase, 356. 

 Arginine, 13, 356. 

 Aristotle's experiment, 111. 

 Arteria centralis retinae, 119. 

 Arterial blood pressure, 181, 185. 



in asphyxia, 270. 

 Arteries, 178. 



bronchial, 246. 



coronary, 218. 



elasticity of, 208. 



in kidney, 381. 



nerves of, 226. 



pressure of blood in, 181, 185. 



rate of blood flow in, 187. 



structure of, 178. 



umbilical, 414. 

 Arterioles, 178. 



local changes in, 236. 



rhythmic contraction of, 231. 

 Ary-epiglottic fold, 148. 

 Arytenoid cartilages, 148. 



muscle, 149. 

 Aspartic acid, 12. 

 Asphyxia, 231, 269. 



blood pressure in, 270. 



stages of, 269. 

 Association areas, 82. 



fibres, 80, 83, 84. 



tracts, 84. 

 Astasia, 74. 

 Asthenia, 74. 

 Astigmatism, 126. 

 Atmospheric air, 250. 

 Atonia, 74. 

 Atrium, 176, 245. 

 Atropine, effect on heart, 224. 



on pupil, 130. 



on salivary gland, 296. 

 Atwater-Benedict calorimeter, 340. 

 Auditory area, 90. 



nerve, 70. 



radiation, 83. 



tract, 91. 



tube, 141, 143. 

 Auerbach's plexus, 326. 

 Auricles, 176. 

 Auricular diastole, 179. 



systole, 179. 

 Auriculo- ventricular bundle, 177. 



node, 214. 



valves, 176, 177. 

 Autogenetic nerve theory, 46. 

 Autolysis, 361. 

 Autonomic ganglia, functions of, 103. 



nervous system, 99. 

 Axis cylinder, 33. 

 Axon, 33, 41. 



reflex, 103, 230. 



Bacterial action in intestinal digestion, 



334, 386. 



Bacterium lactis, 376. 

 Barcroft's blood-gas apparatus, 252. 



tonometer, 256. 

 Basilar membrane, 143, 144. 

 Basket cells, 73. 

 Basophile cells, 156. 

 Benedict's test, 6, 387. 

 Beri-beri, 373. 

 Betz cells, 81. 

 Bidder's ganglion, 210. 

 Bile, 319. 



absorption of bile salts, 321. 



analysis of, 319. 



capillaries, 363. 



digestive properties, 322. 



influence on fat absorption, 331. 



mucin, 320. 



pigments, 319, 383. 



quantity of, 323. 



salts, 320. 



secretion of, 323. 



uses of, 322. 

 Bilirubin, 162, 320. 

 Biliverdin, 320. 

 Binocular vision, 138, 140. 

 Bipolar nerve cells, 40. 

 Biuret reaction, 384. 

 Bladder, urinary, 398. 

 Blind spot, 131. 

 Block, heart, 215, 272. 

 Blood, 155. 



amino-acids in, 354. 



arterial and venous, 180. 



carbonic acid in, 259. 



circulation of, 179. 

 in foetus, 414. 



coagulation of, 169. 



defibrinated, 169. 



fibrin, 166, 169. 



flow, rate of, 187. 



gas analysis, 252. 



gases of, 252. 



nitrogen in, 282. 



oxalated, 171. 



oxygen in, 255. 



plasma, 165. 



platelets, 156. 



proteins of, 166. 



quantity of, 175. 



reaction of, 165, 168, 389. 



salts of, 166. 



serum, 166. 



specific gravity of, 155. 



venous, 180. 

 Blood corpuscles, red, 155. 



chemistry of, 158. 



development of, 163. 



fate of, 164. 



function of, 159. 



number of, 156^. 



origin of, 163. 



