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A MANUAL OF VETERINARY PHYSIOLOGY 



Inspiration, muscles of, in. See 



also Respiration 

 Inspiratory centre, 133, 477 

 Instincts, reason, 512 

 Intelligence, 512 

 Internal ear, 483 

 respiration, 128 

 secretions, 249, 261, 292. See 



also Hormones 

 sensations, 569 

 Interoceptive field, 442, 446 

 Inters ystolic period, 39 

 Intestinal absorption, 283 

 calculus, horse, 371 

 canal, nervous mechanism of ,2 2 7 

 digestion, 211. See also Diges- 

 tion 

 horse, 212 

 other animals, 222 

 ruminants, 222 

 Intestines, gases of, 230, 748 

 large, 214 



digestive changes in, 220 

 movements of, 224 

 sensibility of, 230, 529 

 small, 212 



pendular movements of, 

 225. See also Digestion 

 Intracardiac pressures, 40, 44 

 Intracellular enzymes, 372, 764 

 Intra-ocular pressure, 537 

 Intrapulmonic pressure, 112 

 Intrathoracic pressure, 112 

 Intussusception, 226 

 Invert sugar, 211, 288, 760, 763 

 Invertase, 211, 288, 765 

 Inverting ferments, 211 

 Involuntary muscle. See Muscle, pale 

 Iodothyrin, 296 

 Ionic action, 271 

 Ions, hydrogen, 1 

 hydroxyl, 1 

 theory of, 270 

 Iris, 533. 537 



Iron, 9, 13, 240, 241, 361, 749 

 Irradiation, 445 

 Irritability, 392 

 muscle, 392 

 nerve, 427 

 Islands of Langerhans, 262 

 Iso-cholesterin, 758 

 Isotonic solutions, 272 

 Isotropous, 389 



Jacobson, organ of, 565 

 Jaundice, 262 

 Jecorin, 757 



Joint-locking, 596, 609, 616 

 Joints, 584, 603 



compression of, 616 



Joints, elastic, 609, 615 



elbow, 591, 604, 605 



fetlock, 606 



hip, 596, 609 



hock, 597, 599, 601, 611, 617 



knee, 606 



lameness, 614, 616 



movements, 584 et seq. 



pastern, 593, 608 



pedal, 609, 653 



reciprocating action, 601 



sesamoid bones, 593, 607, 609 



shoulder, 590, 603 



sprains of, 616 



stifle, 596, 601, 610 



yielding, 607, 609, 615 

 Jump of horse, 634 



Katabolic nerves, 57 

 Katabolism, 349 

 Kathelectrotonus, 428 

 Katoptric test, 544 

 Keratin, 668, 672, 754 

 Kicking, horse, 6^6 

 Kidney, structure of, 315 



vascular mechanism of, 319 



See also Urine 

 Kilogramme -calorie, 358 

 Kilogrammeter, 642 

 Kinesthetic sense, 571 

 Kinases, 20, 764 

 Knee-jerk, 455 



-joint, 606 

 Korean pony, 648 

 Krause's end-bulbs, 426 



membrane, 388 

 Kreatine, 325, 354, 417 

 Kreatinine, 324, 325, 354, 753 



Labyrinth, 577 



and rigor mortis, 418 

 Lachrymal gland, 554 

 Lactalbumin, 728, 754 

 Lactase, 211, 288, 764, 765 

 Lacteals, absorption by, 283, 284, 28 



structure of, 278 



See also Absorption, Chyle, an 

 Thoracic Duct 

 Lactic acid, 136, 184, 199, 232, 41c 



418, 729, 761 

 Lactose, 729, 761, 764 

 Laevulose, 761 

 Lamarckian doctrine, 732 

 Lameness, causes of, 614, 685 



chief seat of, 617 



specific, 616 

 Lamina spiralis, 578 

 Laminal tissue See Foot 

 Laminitis, 350, 614, 676 



