INDEX 



1301 



Calcium, importance for blood clotting, 884 

 Calorie value of normal diet, 695 

 Calorimeter, construction of, 668 

 Cane sugar, 67 



Capillaries, blood flow through, 1048 

 circulation through, 973 



in muscles, 1054 

 inflammatory changes in, 1074 

 measurement of pressure in, 974 

 Capillary electrometer, 173, 227 

 Capsule, internal, 375, 423 

 Carbamino-acids, 79 

 Carbohydrates, 45 



absorption of, 789 

 chemistry of, 59-70 

 as constituent of protein, 86 

 of nucleins, 



102 



conversion into fat, 830 

 digestion of, 767 

 influence on metabolism, 681 

 metabolism of, 839 

 tests for, in proteins, 93 

 Carbon, assimilation of, 107-111 



by plants, 37 



as a constituent of protoplasm, 36 

 Carbon dioxide, assimilation by green plants, 



108 ^ 

 in atmosphere, 38 

 condition in blood, 1015 

 effect on circulation, 1047 

 elimination in lungs, 1121 

 influence on nervous con- 

 duction, 261 

 production in isolated mus-' 



cle, 216 



reduction in plants, 37 

 as regulator of respiration, 



1137 



Carbon monoxide, influence on blood, 1153 

 Cardiac cycle, 938, 951 

 Cardinal points, 522 

 Cardiograph, 948 

 Cardiometer, 957 



Cartilage, chemical composition of, 104 

 Caseinogen, 98, 730, 752, 1291 

 Castration, influence of, 1269 

 Catacrotic pulse, 971 

 Catalysis, 158 



mechanism of, 159 

 specificity of, 159 

 Catelectrotonus, 265 

 Cathode, 187 



excitation at, 263 

 Cell organs, 32 



as structural unit, 13 

 structure of, 16 

 -wall, 22 



Cells, chemical reactions in, 153 

 division of, 31, 35 

 histological differentiation of, 31 

 galvanic, 186 

 osmotic phenomena in, 22 

 of plants, 13 

 surface layer of, 21 

 vital phenomena of, 25 

 Cellulose, 22 



properties of, 69 

 use in food, 800 

 Central nervous system, 288-311 



Central nervous system, continuity in, 309 

 Centres, cortical, arrangement of, 431 

 motor, 439 

 sensory, 443 

 Cereals, proteins of, 96 

 Cerebellar functions in man, 403 



tracts of cord,*354 

 Cerebellum, 370 



functions of, 395-404, 451 

 influence on muscular tone, 336, 



398 



removal of, 402 

 stimulation of, 401 

 structure of, 398 

 tracts of, 387, 400 



Cerebral cortex, connection with cord, 356 

 functions of, 394 

 influence on equilibrium, 654 

 localisation of functions in, 



433 



stimulation of, 435 

 structure of, 416, 426 

 hemispheres, 415-460 



afferent tracts of, 421 

 association fibres in, 



424 

 commissural fibres in, 



425 

 effects of removal of, 



439 



efferent tracts of, 422 

 evolution of, 419 

 functions of, 433 

 general character of 



functions of, 449 

 higher associative func- 

 tions of, 451 

 localisation in, 434 

 minute structure of, 



426 



motor functions of, 435 

 projection fibres of, 421 

 sensory functions of, 



443 



stimulation of, 435 

 structure of, 415 

 time relations of, 457 

 tracts of, 420 

 Cerebral vesicles, 361 

 Cerebrin, 58 



Cerebro-spinal fluid, 462 

 Cetyl alcohol, 47 V 



Charpentier's bands, 566 

 Chemical energy of dissolved substances, 



128 



sense, 639 



Chemiotaxis, 27, 639, 1075 

 Cheyne- Stokes' breathing, 1146 

 Chitin, composition of, 65 

 Chlorides of urine, 1162 

 Chlorine, 43 

 Chloroform, influence on nervous conduction, 



261 

 Chlorophyll, function of, 6, 37, 107 



necessity of iron in formation 



of, 43 



Chloroplasts, 17, 107 

 Cholesterin, 47 



as constituent of surface layer, 

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