Index. 



413 



Spinal cord, functions of, 272 



ganglia on superior roots, 261 

 superior and inferior roots of, 261 J 

 tracts in, 264 



variations in shape of, 261 

 white and grey matter in, 263 



Sphincter ani, 156 



Splanchnic nerves, 292 



Spleen, 76 



corpuscles in, 76 



Standing, act of, 330 



Starch, 15 



action of pancreatic juice on, 171 

 action of saliva on, 103, 104 

 amylolytic action of gastric juice 



on, 128 

 conversion in small intestines, 143 

 conversion in stomach, 130 



Starvation, 230 



Steapsin, 170 



Stearin, 13 



Stercobilin, 165 



Stomach, absorption from, 133 

 acids, 121, 122, 130 

 acidity of contents, 114, 120 

 action upon fats, 129 

 amylclytic changes in, 128 

 appearance of food in, 119 

 arrangement of food in, 117, US, 



119 

 bile in, 120 



capacity of horse's, 111 

 cellulose fermentation in, 129 

 diastatic ferment in, 129 

 digestion compared with pan- 

 creatic, 171 

 digestion in, 109 

 digestion of oats in, 120 

 digestion in ruminants. 130 

 digestion effected by pressure on 



duodenum, 113 

 fluid in, after feeding, 120 

 gastric juice, secretion of, 122 

 gases of, 135 

 glands of, 122 

 gland cells of, 122 

 hay digestion, duration of, 114 

 horse's, points in structure of, 113 

 infusoria of, 152 

 movements of, during digestion, 



114 

 mucous membrane of, in horse, 112 

 muscular coats of, in rumination, 



131 

 nervous mechanism of, 140 

 passage of chyme from, 114 

 passage of food from, 118 

 passage of water to caecum, 145 

 peptone in, 127 

 periods of digestion in, 129 



Stomach, of the pig, 133 



proteid digestion of, 130 



pyloric orifice of, 113 



in ruminants, 130, 140 



secretion of mucin by, 112, 120, 

 122 



self digestion of, 134 



starch conversion in, 130 



st.ucture of, 112, 113 



voinition with rupture of, 137 

 Succus cntericus, 142 



analysis of 142 



function of, 143 

 Sugar, absorption of, 189 



course taken by, during diges ion, 

 165 



in the blood, 165 



in urine, 213 



its conversion into glycogen, 166 



its value in diet, 234 



used up by muscle, 166 

 Sulphur in body, 2, 22 



in urine, 203, 206 

 Suspensory ligament, use of, 327 

 Swallowing, mechanism of, 99 

 Sweat, 193 



amount of, 193 



analysis of, 193 



glands, 193, 195 



glands, action of pilocarpin on, 

 194 



reaction of, 193 



specific gravity of, 193 

 Sweating, effect on condition, 192 



nervous mechanism of, 194 

 Sympathetic system, 290 

 Sympathetic system, connection with 

 spinal cord, 268, 290 



system, ganglia of, 291, 293 



system, vaso-motor nerves of, 291 



system, visceral branches, 292 

 System, muscular, 242 



nervous, 253 

 Systole, 51 



Tapetum lucidum, 304 

 Taste goblets, 315 



nerves of, 314 

 Tears, secretion of, 312 

 Teeth, 97, 98, 398 



Temperature, distribution of, in the 

 body, 241 



regulation of, in the body, 239 

 Tetanus of muscle, 249 

 Thalami optici, 280 

 Thorax, 78 

 Thymus gland, 77 

 Thyroid gland, 77 

 Tongue of horse, 96 



nerves of, 100 



