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A MANUAL OF VETERINARY PHYSIOLOGY 



Blood, serum -albumin in, 3, 754 

 serum -globulin in, 3, 754 

 smell of, 2 

 specific gravity of, 2 

 stromuhr, 80 

 supply, chemical stimulus in, 



93 

 temperature of, 24 

 thrombin, 19, 20 

 thrombogen, 20 

 thrombokinase, 20 

 velocity of, 75, 80, 82 



measurement by stromuhr, 

 80 

 dromograph, 81 

 venous, 23 



and arterial, differences 

 between, 23 

 white corpuscles, 14 

 Blood-pressure, 68 



chemical stimulation of, 93 



depressor fibres, 86 



effect of dividing medulla on, 



85 

 of gravity on, 70, 72 

 of transfusion on, 73 

 fall of, 68, 72, 73 

 haemorrhage and, •ji 

 in capillaries, 71 

 influence of heart-beat on, 69, 

 71, 72 

 of muscular support on, 94 

 work, 69 

 in pulmonary system, 72 

 in various parts of system, 71 

 in veins, 72 

 manometer, 65, 69 

 mean, 66, 68, 69 

 arterial, 69 

 not related to size of animal, 



69 

 peripheral resistance in, 64, 65, 



66, 67, 68 

 pressor fibres, 86 

 regulated by nervous system, 



83 



respiratory influence on, 71 

 surgical shock, 89, 92, 133 

 variations in, 69, 71 

 work, influence on, 69 

 Bloodvessels, 62 



and nervous system, 83, 97, 



et seq. See also Nerves, 



Vasomotor 

 and plethysmograph, 77 

 arteries, 62 

 arterial tone, 87 

 capillaries, 63 

 chemical stimulation, 93 

 course of blood through, 74 

 disease of, 97, 409 



Bloodvessels, elasticity of, 62 et seq. 



high and low tension in, 78 



in inflammation, 74 



mean pressure in. See Blood 

 Pressure 



mechanics of circulation, 64 



muscular support to , 94 



peripheral resistance. See 

 Blood -Pressure 



pulse, 64, 67, 74, 75, 98 

 rate, 78 

 tracings, 76 



pulse-wave in, 75 



recoil wave in, 78 



ruptured, 737 



sphygmograph, 76 



thrombosis, 22 



tone of, 85 



vaso-motor centre, 85 

 subcentre, 88 



veins, 63 



venous system, 63, 94 

 pulseless, 44 

 valves in, 64 



volume pulse, 77 



See also Circulation 

 Body, composition of, 343 



development of, 738 



expenditure of, 344 



income of, 344 



temperature, 375 



waste, cause of, 364 



See also Nutrition 

 Bottcher's test, 762 

 Bovines, puberty of, 694 

 Bowel, displacements of, 224, 226, 



237 

 invagination of, 226, 237 

 strangulation of, 236, 238 

 Bowman, capsule of, 316 

 Brain, circulation in, 96 

 coverings of, 504 

 proportion to body weight, 485 

 See also Nervous system, Cere- 

 brum, Cerebellum, Medulla, 

 etc. 

 Bran, effect of, 371 

 ! Braying, 150 

 • Broken wind, 152, 371 

 I Bronchi, 106, 108 

 ! Bronchitis, 152 

 ' Brushing,' 605 

 I Buck-jumping, 640 

 Buffy coat, 2, 17 

 Bulb, 474. See also Medulla 

 Bundle of Monakow, 481 

 Burdach, bulbar nucleus of, 467 



column of, 467, 469, 475 

 Burmese pony, 648 

 Butter, 728 

 Butyric acid, 184, 232, 358 



