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INDEX 



Atom, defined, 9, 10. 

 Auditory area, 313. 

 Aaditory cells, 132. 

 Auditory fatigue, 134, 135. 

 Auditory hairs, 132. 

 Auditory nerve, 128, 130, 291. 

 Auditory ossicles, 127. 

 Auditory word center, 141. 

 Auricle, left, 155. 



right, 154. 



Autointoxication, 263, 204. 

 Automatic movement, 73. 

 Axial skeleton, 38-47. 

 Axillary artery, 162. 

 Axis cylinder process, 32, 276. 

 Axis vertebra, 44, 50. 



Bacilli, see bacteria. 



Bacteria, action on body, 336-338. 



function of, 335, 336. 



in decomposition, 243. 



in intestines, 235. 

 Ball and socket joint, 50. 

 Basal ganglia, 287. 

 Bathing, public, 366. 

 Belly of muscle, 61, 65. 

 Biceps muscle, 65. 

 Bicuspid valves, 157. 

 Bicuspids, 219. 

 Bile, 234, 237, 253, 338. 

 Bile duct, 231. 

 Binocular vision, 124. 

 Bladder, 260. 



Blind spot of eye, 109, 124. 

 Blood, absorption in, 236. 



arterial, 174, 188, 197. 



as tissue, 147. 



chemical composition of, 149. 



circulation of, 145, 153-175. 



clotting of, 149-152, 344, :u."i. 



effect of respiration on, 187, 188. 



function of, 26, 147. 



quantity of, in body, 148. 



structure of, 148. 



supplied to lungs, 184. 



velocity of, 168. 



venous, 174, 197. 

 Blood corpuscles, 151. 



red, 26, 148-151, 188. 



white, 12, 16, 149, 151, 169-171, 255, 

 338. 



Blood pressure, in arteries and veins, 

 168. 



in brain, 179. 

 Blood vessels, for muscles, 61. 



in bones, 52, 53. 



in dermis, 85. 



injuries to, 150, 345. 



nerves for, 160, 179. 



structure of, 174. 



supply of, 159, 160. 



vascular and nervous supply of s 159j 

 160, 179. 



see arteries, veins, capillaries. 

 Blushing, 168, 180. 

 Bone cells, 53. 

 Bone corpuscles, 26, 53. 

 Bones, articulations of, 49. 



broken, 55. 



dissection of, 57. 



function of, 37. 



hygiene of, 53-55. 



motion of, 49, 50. 



number of, 38. 



of appendicular skeleton, 45-47. 



of axial skeleton , 39-45. 



of children, 53,54. 



of old people, 55. 



structure of, 25, 26, 5<M52. 



table of, 47, 48. 

 Brachial artery, 162. 

 Brain, blood pressure in, 179. 



dissection of, 33, 295. 



membranes of, 283. 



nerve center, 239, 275. 



parts of, 28, 284, 285. 



stimulus for perception, 91. 



ventricles of, 289. 

 Breastbone, 44, 45. 

 Bright's disease, 265. 

 Broken bones, 55. 

 Bronchi, 182, 183. 

 Bronchial arteries, 163, 184. 

 Bronchial tubes, 183. 

 Burns, remedies for, 349, 350. 



Caecum; 226. 

 Canals in ear, 128, 133. 

 Canines, 219. 

 Capillaries, action of, 168. 



bleeding from. 34". 



function of, 150, 151, 153, 160. 



