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INDEX 



Cortical areas for vegetative functions, 649, 



650. 

 Cortical epilepsy, 632, 641, 642, Fig. 291; 652. 



progress of, 642. 



spread of, through subcortical centers, 643. 

 Cortical lesions, see Lesions. 

 Cortico-spinal tract in the cord, 593. 

 Cosmic influences on the body, 61. 

 Coughing, 321. 

 Cowper's glands, 691. 

 Crab, green, osmotic relations of blood of, 34. 



neurofibrils in, 560. 



reflex movements of, 585. 

 Cramp fish, 49. 

 Cramplike contractions in cortical epilepsy, 



641, 642. 

 Cranial nerves, 680. 



crossing of motor fibers of, 647. 

 Crawfish, osmotic relations of blood of, 34. 



nerve fibrils in, 560. 

 Creatin, 155, 264, 413, 434. 

 Creatinin, 264, 382, 383, 434. 

 Cretinous child, 360, Fig. 138. 

 Crico-arytenoid muscle, lateral, action of, 503, 

 Fig. 201. 



posterior, action of, 503, Fig. 200. 

 Cricoid cartilage, 502. 

 Crista acustica, 474. 



Crossing of nerve fibers in the brain, 647, 

 592. 



in the optic chiasm, 657. 



in the spinal cord, 592, 593, 596, 597. 

 Crystalline lens, distance of, from cornea, 510. 



radius of curvature of, 510, 512. 

 refractive index of, 509. 



relation of, to accommodation, 531, Fig. 



225; 532 seq. 



Crura cerebri, 600, 613, 614. 

 Ctenolabrus, egg of, in absence of oxygen, 26. 

 Cubic enlargement of aorta of rabbit, 201, Fig. 

 75. 



of vena cava of cat, 223, Fig. 92. 

 Cucumaria, 56. 



Curare as lymph producer, 351. 

 Curare in artificial respiration, 5. 

 Current clock, 209, Fig. 81. 

 Currents, electrical; see also under individual 

 names. 



action, 48. 



constant, 59. 



demarcation, 47, 48. 



frog, 47. 



in plants, 49. 



induction, fatal strength of, 61. 



skin, 49. 

 Curves, central nervous system: 



asphyxiation, resistance of various centers 



to, 573, Fig. 257. 

 cortical epilepsy, course of, 642, Fig. 291. 



Curves, central nervous system : 



latent period of muscular contractions in- 

 duced from cortex underlying white mat- 

 ter, 633, Fig. 283. 

 preliminary reflex movements of frog's leg, 



571, Fig. 256. 

 Circulation: 



action current of heart, 13, Fig. 13; 179, 



Fig. 63; 180, Fig. 64. 

 apex beat. 173, Fig. 60; 175, Fig. 62. 

 blood pressure: 



depressor, 394, Fig. 70. 



in aorta, 170, Fig. 57; 171, Fig. 58. 



in auricle, 169, Fig. 56; 173, Fig. 60. 



in ventricles, 169, Fig. 56; 170, Fig. 57; 

 171, Fig. 58; 173, Fig. 60. 



reflex fall, 237, Fig. 98. 



reflex rise, 236, Fig. 97. 



respiratory variations, 229, Fig. 95; 

 230, Fig. 96. 



vagus stimulation, 205, Fig. 77; 206, 



Fig. 78; 207, Fig. 79. 

 cubic enlargement of aorta, 201, Fig. 75. 



of veins, 223, Fig. 92. 

 influence of temperature on, 184, Fig. 66. 

 isolated cat's heart, direct stimulation, 



183, Fig. 65. 



plethysmographic curve, 212, Fig. 84. 

 pulse curve, 12, Fig. 11; 216, Fig. 88. 

 pulse rate, 192, Fig. 68; 197, Fig. 71. 

 vagus and accelerator compared, 192, Fig. 



68. 



velocity curve, 210, Fig. 82. 

 Digestion: 



digestive action of gastric juice, 265, Fig. 



104. 

 discharge of bile into intestine, 275, Fig. 



110. 



enzymes of pancreatic juice, 271, Fig. 108. 

 secretion of gastric juice, 265, Fig. 103. 

 secretion of pancreatic juice, 270, Figs. 



106, 107. 

 Growth: 



in length and weight, in boys and girls, 



709, Fig. 304. 

 variations in length of adult body, 710, 



Fig 305. 

 Metabolism: 



excretion of nitrogen in 2-hr, periods, 102, 



Fig. 44. 

 excretion of urea in a fasting dog, 101, 



Fig. 43. 

 Muscle and nerve: 



alterations of excitability, 424, Fig. 161; 



425, Fig. 162. 



elasticity, 412, Fig. 150; 413, Fig. 152. 

 entrance of current through skin to nerve, 



428, Fig. 165. 

 ergogram, 444, Fig. 180; 445, Fig. 181. 



