INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



631 



Surface tension engine, 441 



lowering of, in emulsification of 



fats, 233 



temperature effect on, 418 

 Swelling capacity of gelatin, 306 

 of gelatin, 307 

 of living tissues, 307 

 maximum, 307 

 phenomena in muscular contraction, 



441 



of protein jellies, 304-308 

 Symbiosis, 81 



Sympathomimetic bases, 186 

 Syneresis, 335, 342 

 Synthesis of enzymes, 597 

 of foodstuffs, 597 

 by hydrolyzing enzymes, 221-226 

 of proteins, 138 



localization of, in organism, 245 

 Synthesizing enzyme from pepsin, 224 

 Syphilis, globulin-albumin ratio in, 340 



T ACH YC AKDIA in hyperthyroidism, 386 



Taka-diastase, 215 



Tannic acid precipitates in normal and 



CO blood, 352 

 Taurine, 103, 561 

 Taurocarbamic acid, 561 

 Teleostomi, osmotic pressure of serum, 



262 

 Temperature, effect of, on carbon dioxide 



output, 539 

 on enzymes, 213 

 on equilibrium constant, 353 

 on heat production in infants, 



591 



on life processes, 417 

 on osmotic pressure, 258 

 optimum for enzyme action, 213 

 regulation of, in body, 540 

 Temperature-coefficient of chemical reac- 

 tions, 216, 417 

 of life duration, 424 

 phenomena, 419 

 of nerve conduction, 523 

 of tissue respiration, 423 

 Tenebrio molitor, basal metabolism of, 



422 



Terpenes, 93 



Testes, effect of removal of, 376 

 Tetany in parathyroidectomy, 387 

 in thymus fed amblystoma, 389 



/ethelin, 95, 117, 199, 500, 506, 510 

 in carcinoma, 511 

 effect of, on life duration, 516 



of split products of, on uterus, 



199 



Tetradecapeptide, 142 

 Tetraglyc3 T lglycin, hydrolysis of, by tryp- 



sin, 151 



Tetranucleotid, 178 

 Tetrapeptides, 142 



Thalassochelys curetta, osmotic pressure 



of serum, 262 

 Theobromine, 176, 563 

 Theophylline, 176 

 /3-Thio-a-aminopropionic acid, 134 

 Thoracic duct, lymph flow in, 363 

 Threshold of sensory stimulation, 530 

 Thrombin, 343, 344 



action of, on fibririogen, 345 

 chemical nature of, 349 

 Thrombokinase, 344, 346 

 Thromboplastic action of kephalin, 345 

 Thymine, 174, 175 

 Thymus, 389 



autolysis of, 177 

 growth functions of, 494 

 histone, combination with hemo- 

 globin, 170 

 Thymus nucleic acid, 174, 179, 389 



structure of, 183 

 Thyreoglobulin, 384 

 Thyroid, effect of, on metabolism, 382 

 in exogenous metabolism, 581 

 extract, effect of, on globulin-albu- 

 min ratio, 342 

 iodine content of, 50 

 in tissue development, 486 

 Thyroxin, 384 

 Time relations, digestion and absorption, 



250-252 



enzyme action, 209 

 memory, 529 



voluntary movement, 527 

 Tissue fats, composition of, 235 



fluids, mineral constituents of, 268- 



271 



neutrality of, 271 

 osmotic pressure of, 255-260 

 respiration, temperature-coefficient 



of, 423 



Tissues, biological individuality of, 330 

 factors determining composition of, 



246 



selective action of, 328 

 Titratable alkalinity of blood, 273 

 Tolerance, 315, 600 

 Toluene, membrane formation by, 451 

 Tonus of muscles, creatihe content 



affected by, 195, 399 

 relation of, to energy consump- 

 tion, 392 



Total metabolism, factors of, 589 

 Toxemias, globulin-albumin ratio in, 341 

 Toxic action of salts, 319 

 Trachoma, 581 

 Transudate, 362 

 Triacetyl glucose, enzymatic synthesis of, 



223 



Triglycerides, 107 

 Trigonelline, 191 

 Triketohydrinenehydrate, 123 

 Trimethylglycine, 189 

 Trimethylhistidine, 190 

 Triolein, 224 

 Trioxyglutaric acid, 64 



