INDEX 



1149 



Arterial pulse, 377 

 cause, 377 

 frequency, 379 

 percussion-wave, 384 

 registration of, 381 

 wave, anacrotic limb, 383 

 apex, 384 



catacrotic limb, 384 

 character, 383 

 dicrotic, 384 

 notch, 384 

 postdicrotic, 384 

 predicrotic, 384 

 Arteries, 254 

 Arterioles, 254 

 Artery, umbilical, 260 

 Articulation, positions of, 55 

 Artificial respiration, 482. See Respira- 

 tion, artificial. 

 Aryepiglottic folds, 544 

 Arytenoid cartilages, 542 



muscle, 547 

 Asphyxia, 525 



color of blood in, 161 

 Assimilation leukocytosis, 201 



phenomenon of, 31 

 Association area, frontal, 699 

 reflexes, 582, 592 

 system of cerebrum, 661 

 visual, 686 

 Astasia from cerebellar disease, 713 

 Astereognosis, 684 



Asthenia from cerebellar disease, 713 

 Astigmatism, 855 

 against the rule, 856 

 irregular, 856 

 regular, 856 

 with the rule, 856 

 Asynergia from cerebellar disease, 712 

 Ataxia from cerebellar disease, 713 

 Atmosphere, 446 



Atonia from cerebellar disease, 713 

 Atropin, effect of, on inhibitor reaction 

 of heart, 317 

 on salivary secretion, 916 

 Aubert and Forster's perimeter, 851 

 Auditory agnosia, 697 

 center, 689 

 fatigue, 780 

 meatus, 763 



external, 764 

 nerve, 651 

 radiation, 661 

 Auricle, auditory, 763 

 Auricles of heart, 255 



discharging period, 307 



filling, in intra-auricular pressure, 



299 

 function, 297 

 longitudinal layer, 265 

 musculature of, 265 

 structure, 263 

 transverse layer, 265 

 Auricular complex of electrocardio- 

 gram, 288 



Auricular fibrillation, 279 



systole, position of heart valves in, 

 307 



Auriculoventricular bundle, 264 

 valves, 268 



Auscultation method of recording arter- 

 ial blood pressure, 368 



Autacoid substances, 952 



Autonomic nervous system, 627. See 

 Nervous system, autonomic. 



Avalanche conduction, 769 



Axis-cylinder, 111, 113 

 function, 116 



Axon, 108, 111 



Axon-reflexes, 637 



Babinski phenomenon, 599 

 Bacteria, intestinal, reaction of, on 

 carbohydrates, 997 

 on fats, 997 

 on proteins, 998 

 Bacteriolysins, 248 

 Bacteriolysis, 248 

 Bahnung, 573 



Banting's cure for obesity, 1056 

 Barcroft's blood-gas apparatus, 501 

 modification of Topler's pump for 

 extraction of gases from blood, 499 

 Barometric pressure of gases, changes 



in, 519 

 Bartholin's duct, 909 



glands, 1136 

 Basal ganglia, 703 

 heat production, 1104 

 membrane, 775 

 Basedow's disease, 959 

 Basilar membrane, 772 

 Basket cells, 707 

 Basophiles, 199 

 Bathmotropic cardiomotor impulses, 



315 

 Baths, effect of, on body temperature, 



1098 

 Bell-Magendie law, 620 

 Bends, 522 

 Beri-beri, cause, 927 

 Bernstein's experiment on heart beat, 



334 

 Bert's experiment proving centripetal 



nerve conduction, 128 

 Betz, cells of, 613 

 Biconcave lens, 800 



refraction by, 803 

 Biconvex lens, conjugate foci, 801 

 optical center, 800 

 principal axis, 800 



focal distance, 801 

 refraction by, 800 

 secondary axis, 800 

 Bidder's ganglion, 318, 332 

 Bile, 938, 939 



characteristics, 940 

 circulation, 947 

 formation, 943 

 function, 996 



