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A MANUAL OF VETERINARY PHYSIOLOGY 



Decay, 742 



Decerebrate rigidity, 458 



Decidua, the, 708 



reflexa, 708 



serotina, 708 



vera, 708 

 Decussation, optic nerve, 540 

 Deep sensibility, 572 

 Defaecation, act of, 234 

 Defensive mechanisms, 16 

 Defibrinated blood, 17 

 Deficiency in oxygen, 130 

 Degeneration of nerves, 438 

 Deglutition, 157, 160 

 Dehydration, 753 

 Deiters, nucleus of, 476, 483 

 Delirium cordis, 47 

 Demilunes, 162 

 Dendrites, 434 

 Dentition, 740 

 Depressor nerve-fibres, 86, 91 



nerve, 57, 87 

 Derived proteins, 755 

 Descending tracts (spinal cord), 465 

 Determinant, factor, 733 

 Determination of sex, 713 

 Deutoplasm, 697 

 Development, 688 



allantois, 711 



cause of oestrus, 690 



changes in uterus during oes- 

 trus, 691 



chorion, 711 



colostrum, 729 



corpus luteum, 292, 698, 725 



determination of sex, 713 



development of ovum, 706 



emasculation, effect of, 293, 

 296, 360, 692, 742 



erection of penis, 694 



fertilisation of ovum, 271, 703. 

 See also Ovum 



foetal circulation, 717 

 membranes, 709 



heredity, 731. See also Heredity 



implantation of ovum, 714 



liquor amnii, 710 



meconium, 234, 711 



maturation of ovum, 701 

 spermatozoa, 702 



multiple births, 714, 724 



nutrition of embryo, 707 



oestrus, 688. See also GEstrus 



pregnancy, 722 



prostate gland, 693 



puberty, 694 



rutting, 691 



secretion of milk, 725 



seminal vesicles, 693 



sexual intercourse, 695 

 season, 688 



Development, spermatic fluid, 693 



the cell, 698 



the decidua, 708 



the ovum, 696. See also Ovum 



umbilical cord, 713 



uterine milk, 721 



yolk sac, 707, 709 

 Dextrin, 192, 166, 211, 759 

 Dextrose, 23, 49, 166, 192, 211, 

 249, 288, 314, 320, 342, 357, 358, 

 409, 417, 759 

 Diabetes, 249, 262 



centre, 260, 477 



pancreatic, 259, 261, 262 

 Dialysis, 269, 271 

 Di-amino acids, 250,255,752 

 Diapedesis, 74 

 Diaphragm, innervation of, 137 



movements of, 102,103, 106, 111 



position of, 102, 103 



rupture of, 152 



spasm of, 151, 152. See also 

 Respiration 

 Diarrhoea, 238 

 Diastase, 163, 766 

 Diastole, 37 



Di-basic mon-amino acids, 752 

 Dicrotic waves, 76 

 Diet and chemical excitants, 191, 



192, 211, 230, 243, 252, 292 

 and respiratory quotient, 118, 



ii9, 357 

 boiled food, disadvantage of, 



193 

 subsistence, 366 

 sudden changes in, 180, 192, 



193. 237. 257 

 Dieting of horses, 289, 366 

 Diffusion, 126, 270 

 Digestion, 153 



abomasum, 199 

 antiperistalsis, 225 

 bacterial, 221 

 caecum, 214, 220, 226 

 cellulose, 193, 216,217,220, 221 

 chemical excitants, 191, 211, 



230, 243, 252, 292 

 chyme, character of, 212 

 colon of horse, 217, 221,224,226 

 defaecation, 234 

 deglutition, 157 

 digestive ferments, 211, 765 



tract, sensation in, 230 

 diseases affecting apparatus ,234 

 drinking, 155 



period of fluid in transit, 

 209, 213 

 faeces, 231. See also Faeces 



amount of, 233 

 ileo-caecal valve, 216 

 ileum, function of, 213 



