GENERAL INDEX. 



843 



Pans hepatis, iii. 161. 



Tarini, iii. 673. 676. 703. 



Varolii, i. 732; ii. 270. 272, 273; iii. 673. 678. 



685. 



office of the pons Varolii, iii. 723 E. 

 Popliteal aneurism, i. 236. See Aneurism ; ARTERY. 

 artery, ii. 243 ; iii. 48. 



branches to knee-joint, iii. 48. 

 Popliteal nerve, iv. 768. 

 internal, iv. 62. 

 external, iv. 62. 

 vein, i. 242; iii. 128; iv. 1411. 



origin and course, iv. 1411, 1412. 

 POPLITEAL REGION AND POPLITEAL ARTERY, iv. 60. 

 definition, iv. 60. 

 muscles, iv. 61. 

 nerves, iv, 6.'. 

 popliteal artery, iv. 62. 

 varieties, iv. 63. 

 branches, iv. t!4. 

 operative relations, iv. 64. 

 Popliteus muscle, iii. 139. ; iv. 62. 

 relations and action, iii. 139. 

 nerve for the, iv. 769. 

 Porcupine, common (Hystrix cristata), anatomy of the, iv. 



372, et seq. 



quill, of the structure of the, s. 478. 498. 

 Porcupine-rat of Azara (Echimys), anatomy of the, iv. 



372, e t scq . 



PORIFERA, or Amorphozoa (Sponges), i. 108; iv. 64. 

 definition, iv. 64. 

 division into families, iv. 65. 

 skeleton, iv. 66. 

 gelatinous cortex, iv. 67. 

 irritability, iv. 67. 

 circulation of water, iv. 67. 



hypotheses, iv. 68. 

 reproduction, iv. 69 ; s. 6. 

 gemmules, iv. 70. 

 ova of, s. [129]. 

 non-existence of muscles in the, iii. 532. 



nervous system of the, iii. 601. 

 organs of locomotion in, i. 



Porpita, mode of locomotion of the, iii. 433. 

 Porrigo favosa, iv. J44. 

 Portal canals, iv. 1414. 

 Pwtal vein, iii. 167 ; iv. 250. 1414; 8. 381. 

 veins which form the portal, iv. 1414. 

 inferior mesenieric, iv. 1414. 

 splenic, iv. 1414. 

 superior inesenteric, iv. 1414. 

 trunk of portal vein, iv. 1414. 

 hepatic veins, iv. 1414. 



anastomosis of portal and caval veins, iii. 176. 

 vaginal branches and vaginal plexus, iii. 167. 

 interlobular veins, iii. 167. 

 lobular veins, iii. 168. 

 abdominal and hepatic origins of the portal rein, iii. 



168. 

 formation of the portal vein in the various Vertebrate 



classes, iii. 176. 

 anastomoses of the portal and caval veins, iii. 176. 



178. 



nerves of, iv. 1382. 

 Portio dura, or facial nerve, i. 748, 749; iii. 93. 572.707. 



903 ; iv. 544. 



posterior auricular branch, iii. 904. 

 digastric branch, iii. 904. 

 stylo-hyoid branches, iii. 904. 

 media", or intermedia, of the seventh pair of nerves, iv. 



545. 548. 



mollis or auditory nerve, iii. 707. 

 Portuguese man-of-war, i. 35. 45. See ACALEPH.S. 

 Porus opticus, ii. 186. 192. 

 Pot:ish. action of, on protein, iv. 164, 165. 



and on fibrin, iv. 164. 

 Potato, composition of the, s. 394. 



considered as the staple aliment, s. 594. 



and as mixed with other kinds of food, s. 394. 

 ravages of the wire-worm on the potato crops, ii. 



861, note *. 

 Potoroos, or Hypsiprymnus, a genus of Marsupialia, iii. 



265, et seq. 



characters of the genus, iii. 265, 266. 

 Pouch, recto-vesical, s. 369. 

 Pouches of monkeys, iv. 208. 



uses of, iv. 208. 



Pouparfs ligament, i. 3*. 5 ; ii. 235, 236. 757 ; 8. 137. 

 Pratv7t, mode of progression of the, iii. 436. 

 Praying insects ( Mantids), ii. 864. 

 Pregnancy, position of the uterus at the end of, s. 648. 

 usual cessation of menstruation during, ii. 440. 

 duration of, constancy of, throughout all the races of 



mankind, iv. 1341. 



enlargement of abdominal veins attendant on preg- 

 nancy, i. 15. 

 pregnancy, a predisposing cause of fragility of the 



bones, i. 441. 



urine of pregnant women, characters of, iv. 1294. 

 Prehension of food, s. 397. 



the tongue as an organ of, iv. 1151. 

 Prepuce, praputium, iii. 910. 



Prepuce continued. 



fraenum praeputii, iii. 910. 

 monk's-head prepuce, iv. 1256. 

 preputial calculi, iv. 82. 

 Preputium clitoridis, s. 709. 

 Presbyopia, \. 80; iv. 1451. 1465. 

 causes, iv. 1465. 

 treatment, iv. 1466. 



presbyopic spectacles, iv. 1466, 1467. 

 Presentation of the foetus in parturition, iii. 907. 

 of the head, iii. 907. 



first position, iii. 907. 

 second position, iii. yQ7. 

 of the face, iii. 908. 



first position, iii. 908. 

 second position, iii. 908. 

 of the lower extremities nates presentations, iii. 



908. 

 cross presentation, iii. 908. 



causes, iii. 908. 



Pre-vcrtebral fascia of the neck, iii. 569. 

 Primitive vein, right, ii. 828. 

 Pristis antiquorum, or saw-fish, rostrum of, iii. 97. 



980. 

 Proboscidia, organs and mode of locomotion of the, iii. 



454. 



Proboscis of the elephant, iii. 875. 

 Procerus muscle, iii. 728. 

 Process and Processes : 



acromion, i. 560; ii. 157, 158; iv. 600. 

 angular, external and internal, i. 729. 

 arciformes, iii. 680. 

 articular of sacrum, a. 118. 

 auditory, external, i. 733. 

 auricular or maxillary, ii. 213. 

 azygos (rostrum), i. 726. 



of the spheroid bone, i. 255. 

 basilar, i. 726. 732. 

 brevis mallei, ii. 546. 

 ceratohyal, iv. 1124. 



cerebelli ad medullam oblongatam, iii. 693. 

 cerebelli ad testes, iii. 677. 6b6. 690. 693. 704. 722 O. 

 ciliary, of choroid, ii. 180. 



of the vitreous humour, ii. 193, 194. 

 clinoid, or posterior ephippial, i. 726. 

 cochleariform, i. 734 ; ii. 544. 

 condyloid, L 732 ; ii. 215. 

 coracoid, i. 359; ii. 157. 

 coronoid, ii. 66. 215. 

 of ulna, ii. 162. 

 structure of the, ii. 163. 

 cornu, of acctabulum, ii. 777. 

 cribriformis, i. 730. 



cristate of the ethmoid bone, i. 729. 730. 

 cubital, ii. 160. 

 dentate, i. 251. 

 ephippial anterior, or anterior clinoid, i. 728. 



posterior, or clinoid, L 726. 

 ethraoidal, i.728; ii. 213. 

 femoris, exterior, ii. 165. 

 interior, ii. 166. 

 frontal, i. 729. 

 genial, ii. 214. 

 gracilis, ii. 545. 561. 

 hamular of lachrymal bone, iii. 90. 



of sphenoid bone, i. 727. 



internus, or sustentaculum ccrricis tali, ii. 339. 

 jugular, i. 732. 

 lachrymal, ii.213. 

 lateral, i. 732. 

 lenticularis incudis, ii. 547. 

 development, ii. 560. 

 abnormal conditions of, ii. 561. 

 longus mallei, ii, 54d. 

 malar, ii. 208. 



mammilliform fibrous, s. 125. 

 mastoid, i. 734. 



maxillary, or auricular, ii. 210. 213. 

 mental, ii. 213. 

 nasal, i. 729, 730; ii. 208.210. 



or lachrymal, of lowest spongy bone, iii. 91. 

 olecranon, i. 217 ; ii. 63. 66. 162. 

 fracture of the, ii. 69. 

 structure of the, ii. 163. 

 olfactory, iii. 597. 

 olivaris, i. 728. 



orbital of frontal bone, i. 730. 

 orbitar, L 731 ; ii. 211. 

 palatine, ii. 208, 210. 

 pituitary, iii. 673. 703. 

 primi genii, i. 729. 

 pterygoid.i. 727; ii. 211. 

 semicircularis, i. 733. 

 spermatic, ii. 841. 844. 

 spine of the scapula, ii. 157. 

 spinous, posterior superior, s. 114. 

 anterior superior, s. 114. 

 inferior, s. 115. 



of the ilium, posterior superior, s. 115. 

 anterior superior, ii. 500. 

 of sacrum, s. 118. 

 of sphenoid, i. 727, 728. 

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