INDEX 



ABDOMINAL muscles, action of in respi- 

 ration, i, 187 

 Aberration, 



chromatic, ii, 213 



spherical, ii, 213 

 Abomasum, i, 240 

 Absorbents. See Lymphatics. 

 Absorption, i, 291 



by blood-vessels, i, 305 



by lacteal vessels, i, 303 



by lymphatics, i, 303 



conditions for, i, 307 



by the skin, i, 345 



oxygen by lungs, i, 195 



process of osmosis, i, 305 



rapidity of, i, 306. See Chyle, Lymph, 



Lymphatics, Lacteals. 

 Accessory nerve, ii, 149 

 Accidental elements in human body, ii, 



860 



Accommodation of eye, ii, 206 

 Acids, organic, ii, 339 



acetic, ii, 339 



Acid-albumin, i, 247; ii, 846 

 Acini of secreting glands, i, 323 

 Actinic rays, ii, 224 

 Addison's disease, ii, 10 

 Adenoid tissue, i, 34 

 Adipose tissue, i, 35. See Fat. 



development, i, 36 



situations of, i, 36 



structure of, i, 36 

 Adrenals, ii, 8 

 After-birth, ii, 270 

 Aftei-sensatfons, 



taste, ii, 174 



touch, ii, 168 



vision, ii, 216 

 Aggregate glands, i, 323 

 Agminate glands, i, 258 

 Air, 



atmospheric, composition of, i, 192 



breathing, i, 189 



complemental, i, 189 



reserve, i, 189 



residual, i, 189 



tidal, i, 189 



changes by breathing, i, 193 



quantity breathed, i, 189 



Air, transmission of sonorous vibrations 

 through, ii, 186 



in tympanum, for hearing, ii, 188 



undulations of, conducted by external 



ear, ii, 186 

 Air-cells, i, 180 



Air-tubes, i, 177. See Bronchi. 

 Alanines, ii, 331 

 Albino-rabbits, i, 21 

 Albumin, ii, 327 



acid, i, 247 4 



action of gastric fluid on, i, 247 

 alkali, ii, 327, 328 



characters of, ii, 328 



chemical composition of, ii, 327 



derived, ii, 328 



egg, ii, 328 



native, ii, 328 



serum, i, 85; ii, 327 



tissues and secretion in which it ex- 

 ists, ii, 327 



of blood, i, 83 

 Albuminoids, ii, 327 

 Albuminose, ii, 329 

 Albuminous substances, 



absorption of, i, 285 



action of gastric fluid on, i, 247 

 of liver on, i, 280 

 of pancreas on, i, 266 

 Alcoholic drinks, effect on respiratory 



changes, i, 194 

 Alimentary canal, i, 224 



development of, ii, 294 



length in different animals, i, 284 

 Allantoin, ii, 334 

 Allantois, ii, 262, 263 

 Alloxan, ii, 334 

 Aluminium, ii, 343 

 Amic acids, ii, 331 

 Amides, ii. 330 

 Ammonia, 



cyanate, of, identical with urea, i, 359; 

 ii, 333 



exhaled from lungs, i, 196 



urate of, i, 360 

 Amnion, ii, 262 



fluid of, ii, 263 

 Amoeba, i, 7 

 Amoeboid movements, i, 8; ii, 213 



