1304 



INDEX 



Excitation, propagation in invertebrate ner- 

 vous system, 296 

 in involuntary mus- 

 cle, 246 



Excitatory process, nature of, 284 

 Eye, abnormal refraction of, 534 

 accommodation of, 524-528 

 anatomy of, 500 

 central connections of, 405 

 chromatic aberration of, 530 

 comparative anatomy of, 502 

 diffraction in, 529 

 development of, 501 

 malnutrition of, 518 

 minute anatomy of, 504 

 movements, 409, 493-499 

 muscles, nuclei of, 406, 409 

 nourishment and protection of, 514- 



518 



optical constants of, 521 

 defects of, 533 

 system of, 519-528 

 peripheral aberrations of, 532 

 reduced, 524 



refraction in, 522, 529-539 

 refractive indices of, 522 

 spherical aberration of, 531 

 Eyeball, muscles of, 494 



nerve supply to, 505 

 structure of, 500-513 

 Eyelids, anatomy of, 514 



closure of, 514 



Eyes, conjugate deviation of, 496 

 fixation of, 589 



FACIAL NERVE, 412 



Facilitation, 305 



Faeces, 799 



False image, produced by squint, 498 



Faraday-Tyndall phenomenon, 143 



Fasting, influence on metabolism, 666 



Fatigue of muscle, 208 



of nerves, 259, 285 

 of reflex arc, 304 

 of sense organs, 482 

 situated in endplates, 276 

 in synapse, 343 

 Fats, 45 



absorption of, 784 

 chemistry of, 53-58 

 formation of, 155, 828 



in plants, 37 

 sugar from, 837 

 history in body, 826-838 

 identification of, 56 

 influence of bile on digestion of, 763 



on metabolism, 681 

 metabolism of, 826, 838 

 of milk, 55 

 origin of, 827 

 oxidation of, 155, 835 

 properties of, 55 

 significance in diet, < '>'.>! 

 synthesis of, 117-120, 168 

 Fatty acids, 48 



formation of, I I s 

 list of, 54 



Fatty degeneration, 832 

 Fechner's law, 485 

 Ferment action, 152-168 



Ferment action> influence of concentration 



on, 162-165 

 mechanism of, 160 

 methods of investigation, 



163 



reversibility of, 166 

 Ferments, action of, 148 



as catalysts, 158 



chemical character of changes 



effected by, 153 

 colloidal character of, 157, 167 

 definition of, 156 

 list of, 157 



as synthetic agents, 167 

 Fertilisation in man, 1279 

 nature of, 1262 

 nervous mechanism of, 1280 

 Fibrin, 884 



-ferment, 885 

 Fibrinogen, 95, 884 



tissue-, 99 

 Fibroin, 106 

 Fillet, 367 



Filtration-angle of eye, 516 

 Fischer's methods of separating amino-acids, 



79 

 Flicker, 568 



-method, 565 

 Fluorine, 44 

 Focus, depth of, 530 

 Foatus, circulation in, 1285 

 Food, changes during digestion, 704 

 effect on metabolism, 677 

 faecal residue from, 800 

 in normal diet, 695 

 passage from mouth to stomach, 712 

 requirements of man, 696 



of woman, 696 

 Foodstuffs, absorption of, 779 



distribution in normal diet, 698 

 fate in body, 3 

 heat value of, 667 

 history in body, 801-852 

 inorganic, 692 

 significance of, 688 

 as source of energy, 2 

 Foramen of Monro, 375 

 Fore brain, 373 



connection with cord, 356 

 structure of, 373 

 Formaldehyde, formation of amino-acids 



from, 114 



from carbon dioxide, 109 

 , as stage in carbon u^>imil;i- 



tion, 109 

 Fornix, 375 

 Fovea, 543 



vision by, 548 

 Fructose, 63 



formation in plant, 111 



GALACTOSE, 64 



as constituent of phospholipines, 



58 



structure of, 66 

 Galactosides, 58 

 Ganglia, 293 



functions of, 474 

 inhibition in peripheral, 475 

 root development of, 298 



