INDEX 



Abdomen, 163, 186, 221, 224. 



Abducens nerve, 291. 



Absorbents, 224. 



Absorption, 145, 202, 236, 237. 



Accelerator nerves, 178, 299. 



Accommodation of eye, 113, 114, 122. 



Adam's apple, 136. 



Adipose tissue, 24. 



Afferent nerves, 30, 86, 298. 



Air cells, 183, 184. 



Air, composition of, 187. 



expired, 187. 



necessity for pure, 362-364. 



temperature of, for breathing, 193, 



194. 



Albumin, 204, 205, 214. 

 Alcohol, as food, 245, 246. 



as poison, 246-250. 



effects on blood circulation, 171, 

 172, 180. 



effects on bodily heat, 271, 272. 



effects on character, 328-332. 



effects on excretion, 264, 265. 



effects on eye, 120. 



effects on growth, 54. 



effects on muscular action, 78. 



effects on nervous system, 325-332. 



effects on respiration, 194. 



effects on taste and smell, 99. 



effects on vocal organs, 144. 



properties of, 244, 245. 

 Alimentary canal, 218-236. 



excretion in, 263. 



peristaltic movement in, 67. 



relation to kidneys, 262. 

 Alveolus, 183. 

 Amoeba, 14, 16, 149. 

 Ampulla, 128. 

 Amylopsin, 253, note 1. 

 Anabolism, 202. 



395 



Anatomy, 7. 



Animal heat, 266, 267. 



Animals, cells of, 11. 



distinguished from plants, 13, 14. 

 Ankle, bones of , 46. 

 Antidotes of poisons, 355-359. 

 Antiseptic surgery, 340. 

 Antitoxin, 338, 339. 

 Anus, 227. 

 Anvil bone, 127. 

 Aorta, 157, 161-163, 169. 

 Appendices, of heart, 154. 

 Appendicnlar skeleton, 38, 45-49. 

 Appendix, vermiform, 226. 

 Appetite, control of, 332-334. 

 Aqueduct of Sylvius, 289. 

 Aqueous humor, 110. 

 Arachnoid membrane, 283. 

 Areolar tissue, 23, 59. 

 Arm, bones of , 46. 

 Arterial blood, 174, 188, 197. 

 Arteries, 158, 162-164. 



aorta, 157, 161-163, 169. 



blood flow in, 168. 



course of principal, 345, 346. 



function of, 153, 164. 



injury to, 168, 345, 346. 



muscular action of, 179, 180. 



pulmonary, 156, 164, 184. 



splenic, 163, 254. 



structure of, 158, 159. 

 Articular cartilage, 51. 

 Articular processes, anterior and pos- 

 terior, 42. 



Articulations, defined, 49. 

 Arytenoid cartilages, 136. 

 Asphyxia, relief for, 347. 

 Assimilation, 145, 202, 238. 

 Astigmatism, 123. 

 Atlas vertebra, 43, 50. 



