INDEX. 



317 



relative metabolic importance 

 of, 113 



metabolism of, 115 

 Ferments, 34 

 Fertilization, 303 

 Fetus, nutrition of, 306 

 Fever, 137 



Fibrin, source of, 147 

 Fibrinogen, 147 

 Flavor, 307 

 Foods, common composition of, 



104 

 Fovea centralis, 288 



Gall bladder, 71 



stones, 74 

 Ganglia, 241 



spinal, 242, 277 



sympathetic, 242, 277 

 Ganglion, definition of, 241 

 Gasserian, 261 



semilunar, 191, 278 

 Gas, absorption of, by liquid, 199 



partial pressure of, 199 

 Gases of blood, 201 

 Gas exchanges, in lungs, 217 



in tissues, 198 

 Gasserian ganglion, 261 

 Gastric digestion, 65 

 Gastric juice, constituents of, 64 

 Gastric secretion, control of, 61 

 Giantism, 131 

 Glands, ductless, 124 



gastric, 60 



mammary, 238 



pancreatic, 71 



salivary, 39 



sebaceous, 238 



of skin, 336 



sweat, 236 



thyroid, 125 

 Globulin, 23 

 Glomerulus, 232 

 Glottis, 225 

 Gluten, 104 

 Glycogen, 116 

 Glycoprotein, 23 

 Glycosuria, 116 

 Goiter, 128 

 Graafian follicle, 304 

 Growth, curve of, 97 



Hair-cells of cochlea, 242 

 Hoptophore group, 150 

 Hearing, 292 

 Heart, anatomy of, 160 



augmentor nerves of, 184 



heart block, 165 



cavities of, 160 



change in form of, 161 



contractions, maximal, 163 



influence of salts on, 166 



inhibitory center of, 187 



inhibitory nerves of, 185 



nerves of, 184 



passage of beat over, 164 



pace-maker of, 164 



physiological peculiarities of, 

 163 



position of, 160 



refractory period of, 160 



rhythmic action of, 163 



sounds of, 169 



valves of, 162 



vascular mechanism of, 166 



work of, 172 

 Heart valves, 162 

 Heat, animal, sources of, 134 



value of foodstuffs, 85 

 Hematin, 141 

 Hemorrhage, 194 

 Hemoglobin, 141 



absorption of oxygen by, 201 



chemical nature of, 141 



estimation of, 141 



influence of acid, 202 



of carbon dioxide, 202 

 Hiccough, 214 

 Hippuric acid, 112 

 Hormones, 38, 124 

 Hunger, 81 

 Hydrogen ions, 30 



measurement of, 31 

 Hydrogen electrode, 31 

 Hydrochloric acid in gastric juice, 



64 



Hyperglycaemia, 116 

 Hypothyroidism, 128 

 Hyperthyroidism, 128 



Immunity, Ehrlich's theory of, 150 



specific nature of, 151 

 Immunization, 151 

 Impregnation, 305 

 Infection-resisting mechanism, 150 

 Inflammation, 149 

 Inhibitory nerves of heart, 185 

 Inorganic salts, metabolism, 119 

 Inspiration, 209 

 Internal capsule, 248 

 Internal secretion, 125 

 Intestinal digestion, 75 

 Intestinal juice, 75 

 Intestine, large, movements of, 79 

 Intestine, small, movements of, 78 

 Ions, 28 



