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INDEX 



Vasomotor fibers, distribution of, 414 

 nerves of intestines, 437 

 of kidneys, 435 

 of liver, 438 

 of pancreas, 438 

 of spleen, 438 

 of stomach, 438 

 of suprarenal bodies, 435 

 reaction, nature of, 417 



of cervical sympathetic nerve, 422 

 of depressor nerve, 427 

 of greater splanchnic nerve, 425 

 of sciatic nerve, 421 

 of spinal cord, 421 

 of trigeminus nerve, 422 

 results, 418 

 Vein, umbilical, 260 

 Veins, 254 



Velocity pressure, 350 

 Vena cava, 254 

 gastrolienalis, 433 

 pancreatica, 433, 933 

 Venae mesentericse, 433 

 Venous blood pressure, 373. See also 

 Blood pressure, venous. 

 pulse, 388 



pathological, 390 

 physiological, 388 

 speed and character, 389 

 Ventilation, 526 

 negative, 539 

 positive, 539 

 Ventricle, fourth, 663 

 Ventricles, bulbospiral fibers, 266 

 circular fibers of, 267 

 discharging period, 307 

 function, 300, 302 

 musculature of, 265 

 of heart, 255 

 of Morgagni^ 545 

 period of filhng, 308 

 setting period, 308 

 sinospiral fibers, 266 

 structure, 263 

 Ventricular complex of electrocardio- 

 gram, 288 

 fibrillation, 279 



systole, position of heart valves in, 307 

 Venules, 254 



Veratrin, effect of, on muscle, 79 

 Vermes, circulatory system of, 255 

 Vermis, inferior, of cerebellum, 706 

 median, of cerebellum, 706 

 superior, of cerebellum, 706 

 Vernix caseosa, function, 895 

 Vertebrates, circulatory system in, 256 

 Verworn's theory of muscle contraction, 



50 

 Vesicles, seminal, 1126 

 Vestibular membrane, 775 

 Vestibule, aortic, 267 

 Vestibulospinal tract, 616 

 V. Helmholtz's method of determining 



speed of nerve conduction, 129 

 Vibration sympathetic, * of sounds, 761 



Vibratory energy, 728 

 Vierordt method of estimating coagula- 

 tion time of blood, 219 

 Vierordt and Glan's method of deter- 

 mining hemoglobin, 190 

 Virgin uterus, 1138 

 Virtual focus, 798 



image, 798 

 Visceral musculature, 42 



nervous system, 627 " > 



pleura, 455 

 receptors, 727, 730 

 Viscosimeter, 167 

 Viscosity of blood, 166 

 variation, 167 

 of urine, 1081 

 Vision. See Sight. 

 binocular, 869, 872 

 color, 879. See also Color vision. 

 direct, 837 



electrical variations in eye on, 844 

 far-point of, 828 

 indirect, 837 - 

 near-point of, 828 

 Visual acuity, 838 

 after-effects, 882 

 agnosia, 697 

 association, 686 

 axis of eye, 837 

 axes of eye, secondary, 837 

 center, connection with other centers, 



687 

 field, 851 

 judgment, 874 

 purple, 840 



bleaching property, 842 

 extraction of, 842 

 function, 843 

 white, 843 

 yellow, 843 

 Vital capacity, 481 

 Vitalism, 238, 893 

 Vitalistic theory of secretion, 892 

 Vitamines, 926 

 Vitreous humor, 810 

 Vividiffusion, 1049 



V. Kries apparatus for recording capil- 

 lary blood pressure, 376 

 Vocal aperture, 552 

 cords, 540, 543, 550 

 approximation of, 546 

 false, 543 

 true, 543 

 tension, 545 

 registers, 553 



sounds, characteristics, 551 

 dental, 554 

 explosive, 554 

 friction, 554 

 guttural, 554 

 labial, 554 

 linguopalatal, 554 

 loudness, 552 

 nasal, 554 

 peculiarities, 553 



