INDEX. 



429 



Pacinian corpuscles, 108. 



Pain impulses, path of, in cord, 56. 



sense, 111. 



spots, 108. 

 Palmitic acid, 7. 

 Pancreas, changes during secretion, 318. 



internal secretion of, 352. 



islets of, 318, 352. 

 Pancreatic diabetes, 354. 



fistula, 313. 



juice, 313. 



action on carbohydrates, 315. 

 on fats, 315. 

 on milk, 316. 

 on proteins, 313. 

 activation of, 314. 



by calcium salts, 314. 

 composition of, 313. 

 secretion of, 316. 



effect of acids in duodenum, 317. 



secretin, 317. 

 Paramyosinogen, 19. 

 Parathyroids, 407. 



functions of, 408. 

 Parotid gland, 297. 



nerves of, 297. 

 Pars ciliaris retinae, 115. 

 Parturition, 414. 

 Pawlow's gastric fistula, 301. 

 Pelvic visceral nerves, 102. 



to bladder, 398. 



to colon and rectum, 335. 

 Pendular movements of intestine, 327. 

 Pentoses, 5, 359, 387. 

 Pepsin, action of, 303. 

 Peptones, 9, 303, 314. 



effect on coagulation of blood, 174. 

 Pericardium, 178. 

 Perilymph, 143. 

 Perimeter, 138. 

 Peripheral ganglia, effect of nicotine on, 



101. 



Peristalsis, 326. 



Permeability of membranes, 14. 

 Peroxidases, 290. 

 Pes, 76. 



Phagocytes, 165. 

 Phakoscope, 123. 



Phenylalanine, 12, 13, 358, 377, 388. 

 Phenylglucosazone, 6. 

 Phenylhydrazine test, 6, 388. 

 Phloridzin glycosuria, 351. 

 Phosphates, excretion by large intestine, 

 333. 



in urine, 386. 

 Phospholipines, 8. 

 Phosphoproteins, 10. 

 Photochemical substance in retina, 135. 

 Photohaematachometer, 189. 

 Pilocarpine, effect on heart, 224. 

 Pineal gland, 79. 

 Piotrowski's test, 9. 

 Piper's manometer, 196. 



Piston recorder, 199. 

 Pitch, 145. 

 Pituitary body, 405. 

 Placenta, 414. 

 Plain muscle, 31. 

 Plasma, blood, 165. 



osmotic pressure of, 167. 



muscle, 20. 

 Plasma skin, 8. 



Plethora, hydraemic, 240, 392, 397. 

 Plethysmograph for kidney, 225. 



for limb, 229. 

 Pleura, 246. 



Pleural cavity, pressure in, 248. 

 Poikilothermic animals, 365. 

 Polar bodies, 413. 

 Polarisation, 24. 

 Polymorphic layer, 81. 

 Polymorphonuclear leucocytes, 156. 

 Polypeptides, 9, 358. 



formed in digestion, 314. 

 Polysaccharides, 5. 

 Pons, 69. 



functions of, 71. 



structure of, 69. 

 Portal vein, 179, 356, 363. 

 Position, sensations of, 151. 

 Positive after-images, 135. 

 Posterior columns of cord, 48. 



funiculi, 48. 



longitudinal bundle, 69, 77, 79. 



root ganglia, 42, 47. 

 Post-ganglionic fibre, 99. 

 Postural reflexes, 153. 

 Precipitins, 167. 

 Prefrontal region, 82. 

 Preganglionic fibre, 99. 

 Pregnancy, 414. 

 Presbyopia, 125. 

 Pressure sense, 107. 



paths in cord, 55. 



spots, 108. 



Primary colour sensations, 135. 

 Primordial follicle, 411. 

 Principal focus of lens, 121. 

 Projection fibres, 80, 83. 

 Proline, 12, 13. 



Propagated disturbance in nerve, 35. 

 Proprioceptive system, 76, 105, 151. 

 Prosecretin, 318. 

 Prostate, 410. 

 Prosthetic group, 11. 

 Protamines, 10. 

 Protected nerve-endings, 107. 

 Proteins, 8. 



absorption of, 330. 



ammonia nitrogen in, 14. 



composition of, 8. 



conjugated, 11. 



crystallisable, 8. 



dimino-nitrogen in, 14. 



gastric digestion of, 303. 



hydrated, 9. 



