INDEX 



Abdominal pressure, 299, 699. 



Abdominal type of respiration, 317, 318, Fig. 



126, A. 

 Abdominal viscera, vasomotor nerves of, 233, 



235. 



Abducens nerve, 680. 

 Aberration, chromatic, 526, Fig. 221. 



spherical, 223, 522, Fig. 218. 

 Absorption, 31, 35, 301. 

 from serous cavities, 353. 

 influence of stimulants on, 302. 

 of carbohydrates, 303. 

 of fats, 304. 

 of gases, by liquids, 334. 



by naked cells, 31. 

 of iron, 307, Fig. 119; 308. 

 of mineral substances, 308. 

 of proteid, 305. 

 of water, 302. 

 relative power of, in different divisions of the 



alimentary canal, 302. 

 Accelerator nerves of heart, 191, 688. 

 Accessory sexual glands, 691, 692. 

 Accommodation in vision, 529. 

 center for, 535, Fig. 230. 

 mechanism of, 530 seq. 



protrusion of iris, 531, Fig. 226. 

 reflected images, 531, Fig. 225. 

 structure of ciliary muscle, 532, Fig. 227. 

 theory of Helmholtz, 533. 

 theory of Schon, 534, Fig. 229. 

 zonule of Zinn, 533, Fig. 228. 

 range of, 529, 530. 

 Acerebral rigidity, 616. 

 Acetic acid, 384. 

 Aceto-acetic acid, 376. 

 Acetone bodies, 376, 384. 

 Achroodextrin, 246. 

 Acids as excitants of pancreatic secretion, 269, 



270. 



Acid albumin, 292. 

 Acid albuminate, 74, 249. 

 Acid equivalent of fats, 79. 

 Acid of gastric juice, 247. 

 Acid sulphur, 373. 

 Acid taste, 484. 

 Actinia, 56. 



Action currents, defined, 48. 



in glands, 48. 



in heart, 13, Fig. 13; 179, Fig. 63; 180, Fig. 

 64. 



in muscle and nerve, 48, 410, 431. 



in plants, 49, 50. 

 Activation of oxygen, 19, note. 



of zymogen, 38. 



Active movements, perception of, 471. 

 Adamkiewicz's reaction for proteid, 73. 

 Adaptation of eye to different lights, 540. 

 Adelomorphous secreting cells, 266. 

 Adenin, 76, 372. 

 Adolescence, period of, 706. 

 Adrenal bodies, internal secretion of, 364 seq. 

 Adrenalin, 366. 



Afferent and efferent nerves, 564, 565. 

 Afferent and efferent pathways in cord, 591, 



592, 593, 595, 596. 

 Afterbirth, 699. 



Afterbrain or myelencephalon, 600, 602. 

 After extension of muscle, 412. 

 After-image, negative, 539. 



positive, 538. 



After-loading of muscle, 435. 

 After shortening of muscle, 412. 

 Age, changes due to, 66. 



influence of, on metabolism, 120. 



influence of, on rate of heart beat, 197. 

 Agglutination, 149, 156. 

 Agraphia, musical, 665. 

 Air, alveolar, exchange of, with blood, 340. 



atmospheric, composition of, 334, 342. 



changes produced in, by respiration, 342. 



complemental, residual, etc., 320. 



exchange of, in lungs, 319. 



expired, 342. 



explanation of evil effects of, 345. 

 poisonous gases in, 344. 

 Air pressure, influence of, on number of 



corpuscles, 149. 

 Air pump, 334. 



Air space, noxious, in lungs, 320. 

 Air-transmission, method of recording by, 11. 

 Alanin, 70, 373. 

 Albuminates, 74. 

 Albumins, properties of, 73. 

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