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IfrDEX. 



Arterial pressure, 227 



Arteries, 195, 202; action of 

 alcohol on, 357; aorta, 198, 

 212; axillary, 202; brachial, 

 202; coeliac axis, 202; com- 

 mon iliacs, 204; coronary. 

 199, 202, 213; femoral, 204, 

 hepatic, 150; left common 

 carotid, 202; left subclavian, 

 202; mesenteric, 202; peroueal, 

 204; popliteal, 204; pulmonary, 

 199, 212; radial, 202, 222; 

 renal, 202, 261; right common 

 carotid, 202; right subclavian, 

 202; temporal, 222; tibial, 204; 

 ulnar, 202 



Arteries, course of the main, 201; 

 muscles of the, 228; properties 

 of the, 204; why placed deep, 

 205 



Articular cartilage, 26, 48 



Articular extremities of bones, 48 



Articulations, 25 



Arytenoid cartilages, 338 



Assimilation, 108 



Astragalus, 40 



Atlanto-axial articulation, 32 



Atlas vertebra, 32 



Auditory nerve, 293 



Auditory organ, 329 



Auricles, 197; function of the, 220 



Auricular appendages, 213 . 



Auricular conlraction, 217 



Auriculo-ventiicular orifice, 197 



Auriculo- ventricular valves, 201, 

 217; demonstration of their 

 action, 232 



Auscultation, 245 



Automatic nerve centres, 307; 

 use of, 309 



Axial skeleton, 26 



Axillary artery, 202 



Axis cylinder of nerves, 296 



Axis vertebra, 32 



BACKBONE (see Vertebral coiumn) 

 Ball and socket joint(enarthrosis), 



62 



Basement membrane, 131 

 Base of heart, 195 

 Bathing, 230, 275; proper time 



for, 276 



Beans, nutritive value of, 121 



Beef-tea, 77 



Beeswax, 118 



Beverages, alcoholic, 346 



Biceps muscles, definition of, 71 



Biceps muscle, 69, 72 



Bicuspids (premolars), 136 



Bile, 150, 161; action of in fat 

 absorption, 162, 172; uses of, 

 161 



Bile duct, common (ductus com- 

 munis choledochus), 150, 170 



Bi-penniform muscles, 71 



Bladder, urinary, 263, 278 



Blind spot, 324 



Blood, action of oxygen on, de- 

 monstration, 259; arterial and 

 venous, 178, 211; changes un- 

 dergone by in the lungs, 257; 

 circulation of, 207; coagulation 

 of, 179; colorless corpuscles of, 

 179; compared with water, 

 182; experiments with, 190; 

 flow of in the capillaries and 

 veins, 224; functions of, 174, 

 175; gases of, 183; histoloey 

 of, 176; hygiene of, 184; 

 quantity of in the body, 185; 

 red corpuscles of, 177; whipped 

 (defibrinated). 181 



Blood-plasma, 176 



Blood serum, 180, 191; composi- 

 tion of, 182 



Blushing, 228 



Body, centre of gravity of, 85; 

 chemical composition of, 19; 

 constructive power of, 112; 

 co-operation of the organs of, 

 279; daily need of foods by, 

 124; general plan of, 6; levers 

 in the, 80; movements of, 59; 

 oxidations in, 99; oxygen food 

 of, 103; pulleys in, 84; quan- 

 tity of blood in, 185; tempera- 

 ture of, 97; wastes of, 105 



Bones, chemical composition of, 

 54; fractures of, 57; function 

 of, 23; gross structure of, 47; 

 histology of, 51; internal struc- 

 ture of, 49; of cranium, 37; of 

 ear, 331, of face, 37; of lower 

 limb, 28; of pectoral arch, 27; 



