INDEX 



239 



PALATK, na 



Pallor. 103 



Pancreas. 17, 136; situation and 



shape of, 22 ; structure of, 143 

 Pancreatic juice, 144 

 Papilke of skin, 168 ; of tongue, 



198 



Papillary muscles. 85 

 Paraglobulin, 31 

 Parietal bones, 43 

 Patella, 43, 50 

 Pectoral girdle, 42 

 Pelvic girdle, 41 

 Pelvis, 43 



of the kidney, 162 

 Pepsin, 141 

 Peptone, 143, 144 

 Pericardium, 17. 78 

 Perilymph, 223 

 Periosteum, 59 

 Peristaltic contraction, 150 

 Peritoneum, 20 

 Perspiration, 171 

 Peyer's patches, 149 

 Phalanges, 43 

 Pharynx, 18, 113, 229 

 Phosphorus, 3 

 Physiology, defined, n 

 Pia mater, 181 

 Plain muscle, 66 



Plants and animals compared, n 

 Plasma, blood, 26, 31 ; muscle, 68 

 Pleura, 24, 25 

 Pons. 187 



Portal vein, 93, 152 

 Potassium, 3 

 Pressure, defined, 6 



sense of, 195 



Pronation of the forearm, 51 

 Properties essential to living matter, 



1 1 



Proteids, 5. 128 

 Protoplasm, 2 

 Ptyalin, 138 

 Pulmonary artery, 85 



veins, 81 



Pulse, 98 



Pupil, 205 ; variations in, 215 



Pylorus, 139 



Pyramids of the kidney. 162 



RADIATION, 7 



Radius, 43 



Receptaculum chyli, 105 



Rectum, 16, 22 ; structure of, 151 



Reflex action, 185 



Relaxation of muscle, 67 



Rcnnin, 141 



Residual air, 124 



Resistance, defined, 6 



Respiration, 108 ; dependence of, 

 on central nervous system, 124 ; 

 quiet and laboured, 122 ; regula- 

 tion of, 125 



Respiratory centre, 124 



Retina, 206 ; formation of images 

 on, 208 ; structure of, 215 



Ribs, 13 ; articulation of the, 40 



Rigor mortis, 69 



Rods and cones of retina, 215 



Roots of spinal nerves, 182 



Round ligament, 48 



Rugae of stomach, 140 



Running, 75 



SACCULE, 223 



Sacrum, 36, 39 



Saliva, 138 



Salt, common, 5 



Salts, 5 ; of the blood, 31 ; of the 



food, 129 



Sarcolactic acid, 69 

 Sarcolemma, 65 

 Scalene muscles, 120 

 Scapula, 42 

 Sclerotic, 204 

 Secretion, 134 

 Semicircular canals, 223 

 Semilunar fibro - cartilages, 48 ; 



valves, 85 

 Sensations, 195 



Serum, 29 ; composition of, 30 

 Shoulder bone, 42 ; joint, 48 

 Sighing, 123 



Sight, 202 ; short and long, 213 

 Skeleton, the, 36 

 Skin, glands of, 170 ; structure of. 



167 



Skull, 43 

 Smell, 200 

 Sneezing, 123 



