INDEX 



717 



Blood, viscosity of, 222. 

 Blood corpuscles, red, 148, 150. 

 chemical composition of, 150, 152. 

 destruction of, 150, 368. 

 dry substance in, 149. 

 formation of, 150. 

 gases in, 336, 338. 

 haemoglobin content in, 152. 

 movements of, in capillaries, 221. 

 nuclei of, 1 7. 

 number of, 149. 



percentage of, in whole blood, 149. 

 permeability of, 33. 

 specific gravity of, 149. 

 stroma of, 150. 



Blood corpuscles, white, 153; see also Leuco- 

 cytes. 



Blood crystals, 150, Fig. 46; 153, Fig. 49. 

 Blood flow in arteries, 200, 218. 

 in capillaries, 219. 

 in veins, 223. 

 muscular work and, 449. 

 through coronary vessels, 180. 

 through heart, 165. 

 velocity of, in arteries, 209. 



in diastole and systole, 210. 

 variations of, in man, 212. 

 in capillaries, 221. 

 in veins, 224. 

 Blood gases, 333. 



distribution of, between corpuscles and 



plasma, 340. 



methods of determining, 335, 341. 

 quantity of, 339. 

 tension of, 341. 

 Bloodletting, 208. 



Blood pigments, 150, 152; see also Haemo- 

 globin. 



in urine, 384. 

 Blood plasma, 154. 

 Blood platelets, 153. 

 Blood pressure, 202. 



comparative-, in arteries of different sizes, 



208. 

 curves of, 8, Fig. 4; 205, Fig. 77; 206, Fig. 78; 



207, Fig. 79. 



in left ventricle and aorta, 171, Fig. 58. 

 intracardial, 169, Fig. 56. 



compared with apex beat, 173, Fig. 60. 

 effect of adrenalin on, 366. 

 effect of, on heart, 171. 

 effect of vagus stimulation on, 205, Fig. 77; 



206, Fig. 78; 207, Fig. 79. 

 factors determining, 204, 205, 206. 

 fall in, 206, Fig. 78. 

 heart frequency and, 205. 

 height of, 204. 

 in arteries, 204, 208. 

 in capillaries, 219, 221, Fig. 91. 



Blood pressure in muscular work, 449. 

 in pulmonary vessels, 228, 229. 

 in veins, 223. 

 maximum systolic, 204. 

 minimum diastolic, 204. 

 reflex fall in, 237, Fig. 98. 

 reflex rise in, 236, Fig. 97. 

 regulation of, 194, 219. 

 regulation of respiratory variations in, 



230. 



respiratory variations in, 229. 

 Blood serum, 154, 155. 



agglutination of Bacillus typhosus by, 156. 

 Blood supply to brain, 676. 

 to different organs, 240. 

 to heart, 180. 

 Blood volume, influence of, on blood pressure, 



206. 



Bodily movements, see Muscular work. 

 influence of, on blood pressure, 449. 

 on metabolism, 108, 110, 123. 

 on pulse rate, 197. 

 on respiration, 318. 

 on storage of proteid, 63. 

 Body, human, chemical constituents of, 68. 

 distribution of blood in, 239. 

 growth of, 705. 

 influence of attitude of, on blood flow, 226, 



227. 



height of adult, 711. 

 weight of, 96, 711. 

 temperature of, 398; see also Temperature of 



body. 

 Bones, destruction of, in starvation, 98. 



conduction of sound through, 494. 

 Bony fish, extirpation of cerebrum in, 619. 

 Boyhood, age of, 706. 

 Boys, growth of, 708, 709, Fig. 304. 



nutritive requirements for, 144. 

 Bowman's capsule, 385, Fig. 144; 386. 

 Brain, as organ of the mind, 629, 670. 

 blood supply to, 676. 

 divisions of, 600, Fig. 267. 

 fatigue and recovery in, 676, 677. 

 influence of anterior parts of, on respiration, 



329. 

 Brain of Amphioxus, 618. 



of bony fish (Squalius cephaliis), 618, Fig. 



274. 

 of dog, 624, Fig. 280; 625, Fig. 281 : 632, 



Fig. 282. 

 of dog shark (Scyllium canicula), 619, Fig. 



275. 



of lizard (Hatteria punctata), 621, Fig. 277. 

 of pigeon, 622, Fig. 278. 

 of rabbit, 623, Fig. 279. 

 principles of interpreting results in study of, 



601. 

 temperature of, 678. 



