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A MANUAL OF VETERINARY PHYSIOLOGY 



Air, alveolar, 120 



amount of, required, 138 



composition of, 117 



respiratory changes in, 117 



vitiated, 143 

 Alanine, 249, 752 

 Albinism, 305 

 Albino horses, 304 

 Albuminoids, 754 

 Albuminoids in diet, 356 

 Albumin, acid, 755 



alkali, 755 



crystals, 755 

 Albumins, 754 

 Alcohol, absorption of, 281 

 Allantoin, 338 

 Allantois, 709, 711 

 Alveolar air, 120, 121 

 Alveoli, 120, 121 

 Amble, notation of, 626 

 American trotting, 624 

 Amidogen group, 752 

 Amino acids, 221, 250, 255, 752. See 



also Proteins, chemistry of 

 Ammonia, 754 



carbamate, 323 



carbonate, 323 



in muscle, 323 



in urine, 328, 329 

 Ammonio -magnesium phosphate, 



232, 233 

 Amnion, 709 

 Amoeba, 14 



Amoeboid movement, 14 

 Amphoteric reaction, 727 

 Amylase, 288, 765 

 Amylolytic action, 166, 759 

 Amylopsin, 253, 256 

 Anabolism, 57, 349 

 Anacrotic limb, 76 

 Anelectrotonus, 428 

 Angle of repose, roads, 646 



visual, 560 

 Animal heat, 372. See also Heat 

 Animals, normal temperature of, 374 



reason in, 509 

 Anisotropous bands, 389 

 Ano -spinal centre, 472 

 Ancestrum, 688 

 Antagonistic muscles, 586, 587 

 Antibody, 8, 21, 202 

 Anti-concussion mechanism. See 



Concussion 

 Antidromic impulses , 90, 424 

 Antipepsin, 202 

 Antiperistalsis, 225 

 Antirennin, 190 

 Antithrombin, 22 

 Antitoxin, 8 

 Antrum pylori, 174 

 Aorta, 62 



Apex-beat, 40 



Apnosa, 132 



Apoplexy of lungs, 152 



Aqueous humour, 532 



Arborisation, 436 



Arc, reflex. See Nervous system 



Areas, motor. See Nervous system 



sensory. See Nervous system 

 Arginase, 323 

 Arginine, 255, 323, 753 

 Arm nucleus, 467 

 Aromatic amino acids, 753 



bodies, 221, 330 

 Arteries, 62 



Artificial insemination, 703 

 Asparagin, 752 



Aspartic acid, 249, 255, 323, 752 

 Asphyxia, 89, 128, 131, 134, 137, 521, 



522 

 Ass, chestnut of, 313 



duration of pregnancy, 722 

 of life, average, 743 



maturity of, 694 



stupidity of, 509 



sweating of, 307 

 Astigmatism, 533, 545 

 Astragalus, screw action of, 613 

 Atavism, yn 

 Ataxia, cerebellar, 483 

 Atropine (ciliary muscle), 536 



(heart), 56 



(pancreatic secretion), 253 



(salivary secretion), 169 

 Attitude, 589, 596, 601 

 Attraction sphere, 697, 700 

 Atwater-Rosa calorimeter, 346 

 Auditory centre, 500 



sensations, 580 

 Auricular fibrillation, 47, 61 

 Auriculo -ventricular bundle, 31 



node, 31 



valves, 34 

 Autolysis, 372 



Autolytic enzymes, 372, 766 

 Autonomic system of nerves, 523 

 See also Sympathetic 

 system 

 sensory phenomena in, 529 

 Axis -cylinder, nerve, 425 

 Axon, 434 

 Azoturia, 8, 12 



Back, 636, 649 



and weight carrying, 649 

 and draught work, 646 

 weaker as height increases, 648 

 weight carrying power, 645, 648 



Bacterial action, intestinal, 221 



Bacteriolysins, 16 



Balance of energy, 349 



