INDEX. 



Abdomen, cavity of, 34 



Abdominal glands in animals, 593 ; pore of 

 Amphioxus, 870 



Abducent nerve, 251, 264 



Aberration, spherical, 435, 438 



Abomasum of Ruminants, 583 



Abscess, 706 



Absorbent glands, 60, 96, 600 ; vessels, 60, 

 600, 993. Lymphatics, 60, 600, 993. Lac- 

 teals, 62, 603 



Absorbents, 36 



ABSORPTION, 95, 602. General, 600, 614 ; by 

 alimentary canal, 614 ; vessels of, 621 ; 



lungs, 614, 823, 824 ; conjunctiva, 

 614; serous and synovial membranes, 

 616 ; skin, 615; areolar connective tis- 

 sue, 616; ulcers and wounds, 616. Ve- 

 nous, 616, 619 ; circumstances which influ- 

 ence, 617, 619, 623, 625. In non-vascular 

 parts, 616. Lymphatic, 619. Lacteal, 621, 

 626. Rate of, 618. Influence of nervous 

 system on, 618. Venous and lacteal, con- 

 trasted, 622. Of food, 621 ; sugar, 623 ; 



saline substances, 623 ; albuminoid 

 substances, 623 ; fatty matters, 623-626. 

 Intrinsic, 599, 627, 629 ; interstitial, 628 ; 

 progressive, 628 ; disjunctive, 628 ; uses of, 

 629 ; rapidity of, 628 ; examples of, 629 ; 

 ulcerative, 629. Uses of, 629. In animals, 

 630. Of oxygen in respiration, 824 ; by 

 stomach and intestines, 794 



Abstraction, faculty of, 299 



Accessory nerve, 252, 266 



Acervulus cerebri, 243 



Achromatic lenses, 435 



Achromatopsy or color-blindness, 471 



ACIDS of the Body (proximate constituents) , 



75, 76. Acetic, 76. Butyric, 76. Caproic, 



76. Cerebric, 75. Cholalic, 75. Cholic or 

 glycochplic, 75. Formic, 76. Glycero-phos- 

 phoric, 76. Hippuric, 75. Lactic, 76. 

 Lithic, 76. Oleic, 76. Oleo-phosphoric, 76. 

 Oxalic, 76. Palmitic, 75. Propionic, 76. 

 Stearic, 75. Taurocholic, 75. Uric, 75. 



Acotyledons, 118 



Acrogens, 118 



Actinic or chemical rays, 432 



Actinozoa, perivisceral cavity of, 592 



Adam's apple, or pomum Adami, 200 



Adipose tissue, 45, 985 



Adult age, 999 



Aerial breathers, 796 ; respiration, 796, 862- 



868 



jEsthesodic substance of Spinal Cord, 271 

 JEsthesiometer, 364 



Afferent nerve-fibres, 222, 261, 277 

 After-sensations, 340. 366, 379, 389, 412, 465 

 Age, effect of on pulse, 654 ; on quantity of 

 oxygen absorbed and carbonic acid elimi- 

 nated in respiration, 844 ; on quantity of 

 urea excreted, 777 ; on animal heat, 875 

 Air, 822. Air-space for rooms, 858; for. in- 

 dividuals, 858. Changes of, in respiration, 

 821-828. Effect of a single, respiration on 

 the composition of, 823. Quantity of, re- 

 spired in one minute, 821 

 Air-bladder of Fishes, 865 

 Air-cells or air-sacs of lungs, 803, 804 

 Air-passages, 798, 799 

 Air-sacs in Birds, 863 



Albumen, 72, 482, 486. Vegetable, 482, 486 

 Albuminoid substances. Destination of, in 

 body, 905. Metamorphosis of, in body, 

 905. In the blood, 709. Uses of, 710. In 

 daily food, 899. Decomposition, artificial 

 of, 906. In body, 897. Action of gastric 

 juice on, 547 ; of pancreatic juice on, 558, 

 559; of intestinal juices on, 561. Ex- 

 creta, unoxidized, 907 



Albuminose, 545. 547. Distinguished from 

 Albuminoids, 547. Formed from gelatin, 

 547 



Albuminuria, 786 

 Alcohol, destination of, in body. 903. Use 



of, in body, 904. An aliment, 903 

 Alcoholic beverages, 483 

 Aldehyde, destination in body, 904 

 Alimentary canal, 35, 95. Length and ca- 

 pacity of, in reference to food, 572. In 

 animals, 582 

 Allantois, 957. Growth and destination of, 



957, 958, 975 

 Alveoli of teeth. 492. Development of, 970, 



971 



Ambulacral vessels of Echinodermata, 698 

 Amnion, 948, 955. Fluid of, 955 

 Amphiarthroses, or mixed joints, 154 

 AMPHIBIA. Prehension of food, 573. Pro- 

 gression on solids, 182; in fluids, 186. 

 Teeth, 577. Jaws, 580. Salivary glands, 

 581. Pharynx, 582. Alimentary canal, 

 589. Integument of. 372. Cloaca, 588. 

 Liver, 593. Gall-bladder, 595. Pancreas, 

 596. Lymphatic hearts, 630. Portal cir- 

 culation, 692. Heart, 691. Circulation, 

 691. Renal-portal system, 692. Spleen, 

 750. Suprarenal bodies, 750. Thyrnus 

 gland, 750. Kidneys, 788. Thorax, 864. 

 Respiration by lungs, 865 ; by gills, 869. 

 Touch, 371, 372. Taste, 380. Smell, 391. 



