INDEX. 



A BDOMINAL respiration, 332 

 J\. Abscissa, 462 

 Absorption, 193 



methods of, 205 



Accelerator nerves of the heart, 283 

 Accommodation, defects of, 573 



mechanism of, 571 

 Acinous glands, 134 

 Adenoid tissue, 367 

 Afferent cardiac nerves, 284 



nerve fibres, 496 

 Air passages, 327 

 Air, pressure differences in the, 340 



volume of, 341 

 Albumin, acid, 70 



alkali, 70 



coagulated, 70 

 Albuminates, 70 

 Albuminoids, 72 

 Albuminous bodies, 67 

 Albumins, classification of, 68 



derived, 70 



tests for, 67 

 Alimentary canal, development of, 



681 



Alimentary tract, 112 

 Allantoin, 76 

 Allantois, 656, 662 

 Alveoli, 339 

 Amnion, 657 

 Amoeba, 40 



assimilation of, 92 



discrimination of, 94 



movements of, 84, 93 

 Ampullae of the semicircular canals, 



605 



Amylopsin, 170 

 Analgesia, 616 

 Anastomoses, 285 

 Anelectrotonus, 508 

 Animal heat, 428 

 Animal heat, expenditure of, 432 



gain of, 433 



mode of production of, 431 



nervous control of, 433, 438 



radiation and conduction of, 434 



Animals, food of, 98 



Anode, 503 



Anus, 129 



Anvil bone of ear, incus, 602 



Aorta, 262 



Aortic arches, 700 



Apnosa, 346 



Aqueous humor, 560 



Area opaca, 656 



pellucida, 656 

 Arterial blood, 355 



pulse, the, 308 



system in the foetus, 700 



tone, 318 

 Arteries, 285 



development of the, 702 

 Arthroses, 479 

 Asexual reproduction, 648 

 Asphyxia, 355, 362, 620 

 Assimilation, 31 

 Astigmatism, 57,5 

 Atmosphere, composition of the, 324, 



351 



Atoms, 30 

 Auditory nerve endings, 606 



nerve, cochlear division of the, 



607 



Auerbach's plexus, 130 

 Augmentation of nerve cells, 520 

 Auricles of the heart, 260, 261 

 Automatic centres in spinal cord, 613 

 Automatism, 626 



of nerve cells, 517 

 Axis cylinder, 49, 497 



of spinal cord, 611 



BACTERIA, 90 

 wound infection, 91 

 Basal ganglia, 640 

 Basement membrane, 45 

 Belladonna, action on the eye, 572 

 Bell animalcule, 95 

 Bile, 171 



composition of, 178 



ducts, 175 

 functions of the, 184 



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