656 



INDEX 



Animal products as food, 290 

 Antipepshi, 313 

 Antiperistalsis, 335, 345 

 Antithrunibin, 477 

 Antitoxin, 612 

 Aortic area, 407 



valve, 392 

 Apnrea, 531 

 Apocodeine and suprarenal extract, 



592 

 Aqueous humour, 140 

 Arc, cerebellar, 95 



cerebral, 95 



spinal, 82 

 Areolar tissue, 40 

 Arginin, 17, 555 

 Armsby's standard, 378 

 Arterial pressure, 449 



pulse, cause of, 435 

 Arteries, 431 



factors controlling pressure, 435 



jjressure in, 434 

 Arterioles, nervous mechanism, 454 



normal state of, 453 

 Artificial respiration, 549 

 Arytenoid cartilages, 550 

 Ash of food, 288 

 Asparagine, 284 

 Asphyxia, 548 

 Astigmatism, 151 



Atmospheric pressure on respira- 

 tion, 543 

 Auditory centre, 173 

 Auerbach's plexus, 301 

 Augmentor nerve of heart, 421 

 Auricle, 386 

 Auricular flutter, 429 

 Auriculo-ventricular rings, 385 



nodes, 385 



valves, 390 

 Availability of food-stuffs, 363 

 Axon, 56 



reflex, 93 



Bacterial action in the alimentarv 



canal, 329 

 Balance sheet experiments, 369 

 Barotaxis, 25 

 Basal ganglion, 189 



metabolism, 264 

 Bases of the urine, 565 

 Basilar membrane, 170 

 Basophil leucocytes, 484 

 Bell's paralysis, 201 

 Benzene compounds (see Appendix) 

 Benzoates, 562 



Bi-amide of carbonic acid {see Urea) 

 Bidder's ganglion, 389 

 Bile, 323 et seq. 



flow of, 326 



flow, influence of nerves on, 326 



functions of, 327 



mode of secretion, 327 



pigments, 324 



salts of, 323 

 Bilirubin, 324. 491 

 Biliverdin, 324 

 Binocular vision, 158 

 Birth, young at, 631 

 Biuret (see Aj^pendix I.) 

 Bladder, reflex, 93 



uriuarv, 581 

 Blastoderm', 624 

 Blind spot, 151 

 Blood, 474 et seq. 



amount of, 501 



carbon dioxide, 495 



cells, 483 



changes in respiration, 538 



clotting, 475 



constituents, fate of, 503 

 source of, 498 



corpuscles, 483 



defibrinated, 476 



distributinn. 503 



erythrocytes, 485 



flow of, 464 



velocity of, 465 



flow through heart, 404, 411 



flow through different organs, 

 473 



gases of, 492 



general characters, 474 



influence of respiration on, 538 



inorganic constituents, 480 



laked, 474 



leucocytes, 483 



mean pressure, 447 



methods of recording, 447 



opacity of, 474 



plasma, 479 



platelets, 484 



pressure, 432 



diastolic (see Diastolic 



pressure) 

 general distribution, 432 

 rhythmic variations, 434 



serum, 479 



sodium bicarbonate, 481 



specific gravity, 474 

 Body, connections with brain stem, 

 112 



