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INDEX. 



Amoeboid cells, i, 29 



colorless corpuscles, i, 80 



cornea-cells, i, 29 



ovum, ii, 253 



protoplasm, i, 7 



Tradescantia, i, 7 

 Amphioxus, ii, 271 

 Ampulla, ii, 182 



Amputation, sensations after, ii, 82 

 Amyloids or Starches, ii, 338 



action of pancreas and intestinal glands, 



i, 267, 283 

 of saliva on, i, 231 

 Amylopsin, i, 267 

 Anacrotic wave, i, 146 

 Anastomoses of muscular fibres of heart, 

 i, 107 



of nerves, ii, 73 



of veins, i, 161 



in erectile tissues, i, 169 

 Anelectrotonus, ii, 47 

 Angle, optical, ii, 221 

 Angulus opticus seu visorius, ii, 220 

 Animal heat, i, 309. Sec Heat and Tem- 

 perature. 



Animals, distinctive characters, i, 3 

 Antiulhumatc, ii, 329 

 AntiallMmose, ii, 329 

 Antihelix, ii, 179 

 Antipeptone, ii, 329 

 Antitragus, ii, 179 

 Anus, i, 224 

 Aorta, i, 128 



development, 281 



pressure of blood in, i, 151 



valves of, i, 110 



action of, i, 114 

 Aphasia, ii, 130 

 Apncea, i, 209. See Asphyxia. 

 Appendices epiploica?, i, 262 

 Appendix vermiformis, i, 262 

 Aqureductus, 



cochlea, ii, 183 



vestibuli, ii, 182 

 Aqueous humor, ii, 204 

 Arches, visceral, ii 273 

 Area germinativa, ii, 256 



opaca, ii, 256 



pellucida, ii, 256 



vasculosa, ii, 262 

 Areolar tissue, i, 31. See Connective 



Tissue. 



Arsenic, ii, 343 

 Arterial tension, i, 148 

 Arteries, i, 128 



circulation in, i, 138 

 velocity of, i, 164 



distribution, i, 128 



muscular contraction of, i, 141 



effect of cold on, i, 142 

 of division, i, 142 



elasticity, i, 138 

 purposes of, i, 138 



muscularity, i, 130 



governed by nervous system, i, 153 



Arteries, purposes of, i, 141 



nerves of, i, 132 



nervous system, influence of, i, 152 



office of, i, 153 



pressure of blood in, i, 148 



pulse, i, 142. See Puise. 



rhythmic contraction, i, 140 



structure, i, 129 



distinctions in large and small arte- 

 ries, i, 130 



systemic, i, 102 



tone of, i, 153 



umbilical, 793 



velocity of blood in, i, 264 

 Articulate sounds, classification of, ii, 60. 



See Vowels and Consonants. 

 Arytenoid cartilages, ii, 52 



effect of approximation, ii, 55 

 movements of, ii, 54 



muscle, ii, 52 

 Asphyxia, i, 209 



causes of death in, i, 210 



experiments on, i, 211 

 Astigmatism, ii, 212 

 Atmospheric air, i, 192. See Air. 



pressure in relation to respiration, i, 



193 

 Auditory canal, ii, 179 



function, ii, 186 

 Auditory nerve, ii, 185 



distribution, ii, 185 



effects of irritation of, ii, 193 

 Auricle of ear, ii, 179 

 Auricles of heart, i, 104, 106 



action, i, 111 



capacity, i, 107 



development, ii. 279 



dilatation, i, 123 



force of contraction, i, 123 

 Automatic action, ii, 88 



cerebrum, ii, 127 



medulla oblongata, ii, 110 



respiratory, ii, 110 

 Axis-cylinder of nerve-fibre, ii, 70 



B. 



Barytone voice, ii, 57 

 Basement-membrane, 



of mucous membranes, i, 322 



of secreting membranes, i, 319 

 Bass voice, ii, 57 

 Battery, Darnell's, ii, 26 

 Benzoic acid, i, 372 

 Bicuspid valve, i, 109 

 Bile, i, 273 



antiseptic power, i, 279 



coloring matter, i, 274 



composition of, i, 273 



digestive properties, i, 279 



exorementitious. i, 277 



fat made capable of absorption by, i, 

 279 



