INDEX 



723 



Curves, Muscle and nerve: 



fatigue, 441, Fig. 177; 442, Fig. 178. 

 isometric contractions, 438, Fig. 176. 

 isotoriic contractions, 436, Fig. 173; 438, 



Fig. 176; 442, Fig. 178. 

 projectile motion, 436, Fig. 173; 436, Fig. 



174. 



rate of conductivity, 417. Fig. 155. 

 simple muscle curve, 7, Fig. 2; 415, Fig. 



154. 

 stimulation by make and break induction 



shocks, 426, Fig. 163. 



strength of stimuli and height of contrac- 

 tion, 435, Fig. 172. 

 tetanus, 429, Fig. 166; 430, Fig. 167. 

 veratrinized muscle, 437, Fig. 175. 

 Reproduction: 



curves of intra-uterine pressure in labor. 



698, Fig. 302; 699, Fig. 303. 

 Respiration: 



absorption of CO2 by haemoglobin, 339, 



Fig. 132. 



absorption of O2 by blood, 337, Fig. 131. 

 elimination of CO2, 343, Fig. 134; 344, 



Fig. 135; 345, Fig. 136. 

 number of respiratory movements, 319, 



Fig. 127. 

 pneumorgraphic curve of man, 313, Fig. 



121. 

 respirations influenced by vagus, 328, 



Fig. 129. 

 respiratory curve of rabbit, 314, Fig. 123; 



328, Fig. 129. 

 Special senses: 



excitation of different components of 



visual organ by light rays of different 



wave lengths, 544, Fig. 237; 545, Fig. 



238. 



excitation of retina as function of time 



exposed, 540, Fig. 235. 

 Temperature of body: 



daily variations in, 399, Fig. 147. 

 post mortal fall of, 401, Fig. 149. 

 Cutaneous nerves, reflex action of, on respira- 

 tion, 331. 

 Cutaneous sensations, 458; see also under 



Sensations. 



tracts for, in the cord, 597. 

 Cystein, 373. 

 Cystin, 70, 249. 

 Cytolytic action of blood, 156. 

 Cytosin, 77. 



Dalton's law, for absorption of gases, 334. 

 Death, 66. 



Decidua menstrualis, 697. 

 Decomposition of carbohydrates, 374. 



of fat, 376. 



of proteids, 369. 



Decomposition products, elimination of, by 

 elementary organism, 40. 



in blood, 155. 



influence of, on organs, 356. 



stimulating action of, 52. 

 Defecation, 298, 299. 

 Degeneration, of peripheral tissues, 568. 



secondary, in nerve cells, 567, 568. 

 in spinal cord, 590, Fig. 262. 



Wallerian, 567. 

 Deglutition, 279. 



muscles of, 281. 



reflex nature of, 280. 



sounds of, 282. 



Delomorphous secreting cells, 267. 

 Demarcation current, 47, Fig. 29; 48. 



in spinal cord, 588. 

 Dendrites of nerve cell, 559. 

 Density of current, 420. 

 Depressor nerve of heart, 193. 

 Depth, perception of, in vision, 556. 

 Deuteroalbumoses, 249. 

 Development, see Growth. 



of myelin substance in brain, 667. 

 Dextrins, formation of, in digestion, 246. 



properties of, 82. 

 Dextrose, as product of digestion, 246, 251. 



as source of glycogen, 127. 



from alanin, 373. 



from lactic acid, 374, note. 



from leucin, 374. 



in urine, 383; see also Diabetes. 



properties of, 80. 

 Diabetes mellitus, 127, 375. 

 Diabetes, pancreatic, 127, 128, 362, 375. 



phloridzin, 127, 374, 375. 



puncture, 375. 

 Diamino acids, 70. 

 Diamino-caproic acid, 70. 

 Diamino-valerianic acid, 70, 72, 370. 

 Diaphragm, movements of, in respiration, 

 316. 



paralysis of, 324. 



Diaphragmatic type of respiration, 318. 

 Diastatic enzyme, definition of, 243. 



in bile, 254. 



in intestinal juice, 255. 



in pancreatic juice, 251. 



in saliva, 246. 



in sweat, 395. 



preserved in stomach, 291. 



Diastole, definition of, 162. 



suction of heart in, 177, 225. 



time relations of, 175, Fig. 62; 176. 

 Dibasic monamino acids, 70. 

 Dichromatic color system, 546. 

 Dichrotic elevation, 175. 



on cardiogram, 173, Fig. 60; 175, Fig. 62. 



on sphygmogram, 216, Fig. 88. 



