TABLE OF CONTENTS 



OBAPTSR PAGB 



I. Explanations and Definitions of Some Chemical and Physical 



Terms 3 



II. Definitions. — Cavities of the Body 14 



m. Cells, Tissues, Organs, and Systems. — Epithelial Tissue : Simple, 



Transitional, Stratified 21 



IV. Connective Tissues : Areolar, Fibrous, Elastic, Adipose, Reticular, 



Lymphoid, Cartilage, Bone 34 



V. The Skeleton 49 



VI. Articulations 82 



VII. Muscular Tissue : Classification ; Prominent Skeletal Muscles . 89 



VIII. Special Membranes and Glands 127 



IX. Vascular System ; The Blood and Lymph 141 



X. The Blood Vascular System, and the Lymph Vascular System . 161 

 XI. The Vascular System Continued : Arteries ; Pulmonary System ; 

 General System ; Veins ; Supplementary Channel, and Portal 



System 184 



XII. The Vascular System Continued : The General Circulation ; 



Blood Pressure ; The Pulse ; Lymph ; Foetal Circulation . 214 



XIII. Respiratory System : Nose ; Larynx ; Trachea ; Bronchi ; Lungs. 



— Respiration; Abnormal Types of Respiration. — Modified 

 Respiratory Movements ........ 232 



XIV. The Digestive System : Alimentary Canal and Accessory Organs 254 

 XV. Classification of Food. — Digestive Processes ; Changes the Food 



undergoes in the Mouth, Stomach, Small and Large Intestines ; 



Absorption 286 



XVL Metabolism — Ductless Glands 307 



XVII. Waste Products : Excretory Organs ; Description of the Organs 

 constituting the Urinary System ; General Characters of Urine ; 

 Composition of Urine ........ 324 



XVIII. The Skin ; Appendages of the Skin. — Production of Heat ; Reg- 

 ulation of Heat. Variations in Temperature .... 344 



XIX. The Nervous System 363 



XX. Internal and External Senses: Taste, Smell, Hearing, and Sight 408 

 XXI. The Organs of Generation : Physiology of Reproduction . . 442 



Glossary 471 



Index 605 



