INDEX. 



319 



Osmotic pressure, 28 



Oviduct, 304 



Ovulation, 305 



Ovum, 304 



Oxidase, 198 



Oxidation, in tissues, 198 



as source of animal heat, 199 

 Oxygen, absorption of, by blood, 



201 

 Oxyhaemoglobin, effect of CO 2 



on, 205 



Pain, 245 

 Pancreatic juice, 71 



composition of, 74 

 Pancreatic secretin, 72 

 Pancreatic secretion, control of, 



71 



Paralysis, 255 

 Parathyroids, 125 

 Pepsin, 64 

 Pepsinogen, 64 

 Peptone, 21 

 Peristalsis, 79 

 Perspiration, 237 

 Phagocytosis, 152 

 Physico-chemical laws, 26 

 Physiological division of labor, 18 

 Physiological properties, 18 

 Physiological systems, 19 

 Pituitary body, 131 

 Platelets, or plaques, of blood, 145 

 Plasma, blood, 145 

 Pneumogastric nerves, 265 

 Polypeptide, 22 

 Pons Varolii, 246 

 Postsphygmic period, 167 

 Potassium sulphocyanide in sa- 

 liva, 47 



Precipitins, 151 

 Pregnancy, 306 

 Presbyopia, 286 

 Pressure, arterial, 175 



intrathoracic, 211 



osmotic, 28 



Presphygmic period, 167 

 Properties of body, physical and 



physiological, 20 



Proteins, chemical composition 

 of, 21 



compound, 22 



insoluble, 23 



irreducible minimum, 96 



nutritive value of, 94 



relative metabolic importance 

 of, 113 



requirement of body for, 100 



simple, 22 



sparers of, 95 



subdivisions of 

 Proteose, 21 

 Protoplasm, composition of, 19 



primary constituents of, 19 



secondary constituents of, 20 

 Ptyalin, 47 

 Puberty, 304 



Pulmonary circulation, 182 

 Pulse, use of, in diagnosis, 180 



tracings, 180 



wave, 121 

 Purin bodies, 110 

 Pyloric sphincter, control of, 68 

 Pylorus, 67 

 Pyramidal tracts, 248 



Range of voice, 226 

 Rate of blood flow, 179 

 Reaction of blood, 32 



of body fluids, 30 

 Reason, faculty of, 273 

 Reciprocal inhibition, 254 

 Receptors, 151, 244 

 Red blood corpuscles, 141 

 Reflex animal, characteristics of, 



compared with normal, 251 

 Reflex arcs, 240 

 Reflex action, 252 

 Reflex paths, 244 

 Reflex time, 250 



Reflexes, function of spinal cord 

 in, 250 



types of, 250 

 Renal secretion, 232 

 Reproduction, sexual, 303 

 Reproductory organs, accessory: 



female, 304 



male, 305 

 Residual air, 216 

 Respiration, 197 



artificial, 214 



control of, 221 



external, 207 



influence of, on circulation, 213 



internal, 197 



nerves of, 219 



volume of air in, 225 

 Respiratory center, 219 



exchange, 204 



movements, 211 



organs, 207 



quotient, 91, 216 



reflex, 219 



sounds, 213 

 Rickets, 120 

 Rolando, fissure of, 269 

 Roots of spinal nerves, 246 



