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PHYSIOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS 



Carbonic acid gas, 4 



Cardiac muscle, 67 ; impulse, 90 



Carotid arteries, 91 



Carpal bones, 43 



Cartilage, 15 ; occurrence of, 55 ; 

 purposes fulfilled by, 56 ; struc- 

 ture of, 54 ; varieties of, 55 



Casein, 128, 131 



Cell, defined, i 



Cellulose, 129; digestion of, 151 



Cerebellum, 187 



Cerebral hemispheres, 188; func- 

 tions of, 193 



Check ligaments, 39 



Chlorine, 3 



Cholesterin, 145 



Chordae tendmeae, 85 



Choroid, 205 



Chyle, 150 



Cilia, 114 



Ciliary muscle, 213 

 processes, 206 



Circulation of the blood, course of 

 the, 91 ; necessity for, 31 ; 

 observation of the, 32 ; regula- 

 tion of the, zoo 



Circumvallate papillae, 198 



Clavicle, 42 



Clotting of blood, 28 ; of plasma, 

 30 



Coagulation of albumin and globu- 

 lin, 30 



Coal, burning, 8 



Coccyx, 37, 40 



Cochlea, 225 



Ccecum, 16, 22, 151 



Cold-blood animal, defined, 32 



Collar bone, 42 



Colon, 16, 22 



Colour blindness, 219 



Complemental air, 124 



Conduction of heat, 7 



Conjunctiva, 202 



Connective tissue, 19; structure of, 

 56 



Constriction of blood-vessels, 102 



Contraction of muscle, 67 



Cornea, 204 



Coronary arteries, 86 ; vein, 86 



Corpora quadrigemina, 188 



Corpora striata, 189 



Corpuscles of the blood, 26 ; of 

 bone, 62 ; of connective tissue, 

 57 ; origin of colourless, 106, 158 



Costal cartilages, 41 



Coughing, 123 



Cranial nerves, 190 



Cranium, 43 



Cribriform plate, 200 



Cricoid cartilage, 230 



Crucial ligaments, 49 



Crura cerebri, 187 



Crystalline lens, 206 



DEAD body and living body com- 

 pared, 8 



Decay, 9 



Defibrination of blood, 29 



Dentine, 133 



Defmis, 167 



Diaphragm, 15; action of, 118; 

 structure of, 117 



Diet, advantages of a mixed, 130 



Diffusion, 109 



Digestion, 128 ; in the stomach, 

 142 ; in the intestine, 145 ; of 

 fats, 145 



Dilation of blood-vessels, 102 



Duodenum, 16, 21 



Dura mater, 181 



Dyspnoea, 126 



EAR, external, 220 ; internal, 222 ; 



middle, 220 



Elastic cartilage, 55 ; fibres, 57 

 Elbow joint, 50 

 Elements, 2 



Emulsification of fats, 146 

 Enamel, 133 

 Endocardium, 86 

 Endolymph, 224 

 Energy, defined, 6 ; not destroyed, 



7 ; dissipated, 7 ; kinetic, 8 ; 



latent, 8 

 Epidermis, 167 

 Epiglottis, 113, 229 

 Epithelium, 114, 134 

 Erect position, 76 

 Eustachian tube, 220 

 Excretion, 159 



