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INDEX 



Brain-stem, functions of, as a whole, 618 seq. 



methods of study of, 599. 



physiology of, 599. 

 Breath volume, 319. 

 Brightness, highest in spectrum, 541. 

 Broca's area, 631, 662, Fig. 296. 

 Broca's convolution, 664. 

 Bronchial muscles, 324. 

 Bronchial sound, 322. 

 Brunner, glands of, 255. 

 Burdach's column, 591, Fig. 264; 592. 

 Butter, 701. 

 Butyric acid, 701. 



C:N ratio in faeces, 90. 



in proteid, 92. 



in urine, 90. 

 Cadaverin, 249. 

 Caecum, 289, 298. 



Calcarine fissure, 639, Fig. 290; 657. 

 Calcium, absorption and excretion of, 133. 



effect of, on heart, 25. 



in coagulation, 158. 



on muscular movements of larvae, 25. 

 on skeletal muscles, 25. 

 on smooth muscles, 25. 



hunger, 98. 



importance of, in plant, 24. 



in milk of cow, 351 ; see also Milk, composi- 

 tion of. 



rennin and, 250. 



salts of, certain ones favorable for higher 



animals, poisonous for unicellular, 26. 

 Calcium chloride, 25. 

 Calcium oxalate formed in cells, 41. 

 Calorie, definition of, 26, note. 

 Calorimetry, direct and indirect, 94. 

 Cane sugar, 81, 126, 127, 251, 255. 

 Capillaries, blood flow in, 219. 



blood pressure in, 221. 



contractility of, 220, Fig. 89. 



lymph formation from, 350 seq. 



nerves for, 221. 



stimulated and not stimulated, 220, Fig. 90. 



structure of, 220. 



velocity of blood flow in, 221. 

 Capillary electrometer, 13, Fig. 12. 

 Caproic acid, 701. 

 Capsule, internal, 647, Fig. 292. 

 Carbamic acid, 155, 370. 

 Carbamide, 381 ; see alsr Urea. 

 Carbohydrate group in nucleic acid, 77. 

 Carbohydrate groups in proteid molecule, 71. 

 Carbohydrates, absorption of, 303. 



chemical nature of, 80. 



decomposition of, 374. 



determination of, in food, 84. 



digestion of, in stomach, 291. 



formation of glycogen from, 374, 375. 



Carbohydrates formed from proteid, 127, 373. 

 in blood, 155, 374. 

 in intestines, 297. 

 influence of, on metabolism, 105. 

 influence of pancreas on metabolism of, 



364. 

 metabolism, total, according to supply of, 



106. 



metabolized before fats, 105. 

 metabolized in muscular work, 113. 

 quantity of, in diet, 142. 

 relation of, to proteid retention, 121. 

 specific need of body for, 128. 

 storage of, in body, 124, 364. 

 utilization of, 139. 



Carbolic acid, effect of, on nervous system, 574. 

 Carbon, channels of excretion of, 89, 90, 342, 



397. 



in expired air, 89. 

 in faeces, 90. 

 in urine, 89. 



Carbon dioxide, absorption of, by haemo- 

 globin, 339, Fig. 132. 

 coefficient of absorption of, 338. 

 determination of, in metabolism, 85 seq. 

 diurnal variations of, 344, Fig. 135; 345, 



Fig. 136. 



effect of, on respiratory center, 332. 

 elimination of, by young, 118, 143. 

 daily, per hour, 346. 

 through skin, 397. 

 formation of, in nerve, 434. 

 in atmospheric air, 342. 

 in blood, 337. 



combination of, 337. 



distribution of, between Corpuscles and 



plasma, 340. 



influence of, on absorption of oxygen, 337. 

 percentages of, in arterial and venous, 



339. 



tension of, in blood and lungs, 341. 

 increased output of, in fatigue, 446. 

 in expired air, 89, 342, 343. 

 in lymph, 348. 



production of, by animals and plants, 27. 

 reduction of, by chlorophyll, 23. 

 tension of, in tissues, 342. 

 Carcinus (green crab), osmotic pressure in, 



34. 



neurofibrils in, 560. 

 reflex movements of, 585. 

 Cardia of stomach, 282. 



inuervation of, 284, Fig. 114. 

 opening of, in deglutition, 282. 

 Cardiac Inhibitory center, resistance of, to 



asphyxiation, 573, Fig. 257. 

 Cardiac nerve centers, 195. 

 Cardiac nerves, 188. 

 of dog, 191, Fig. 67. 



