INDEX. 



Abdominal respiration, 327 

 Abscissa, 459 

 Absorption, 186 



methods of, 198 



Accelerator nerves of the heart, 277 

 Accommodation, defects of, 571 



mechanism of, 569 

 Acinous glands, 125 

 Adenoid tissue, 364 

 Afferent cardiac nerves, 278 



nerve-fibres, 494 

 Air passages, 322 

 Air, pressure differences in the, 336 



volume of, 337 

 Ampullae of the semicircular canals, 



605 



Amylopsin, 162 

 Albumin, acid, 61 



alkali, 62 



coagulated, 62 

 Albuminates, 61 

 Albuminoids, 63 

 Albuminous bodies, 59 

 Albumins, classification of, 60 



derived, 61 



tests for, 60 

 Alimentary canal, development of, 



683 



Alimentary tract, 103 

 Allantoin, 68 

 Allantois, 660, 664 

 Alveoli, 335 

 Amnion, 660 

 Amffiba, 32 



assimilation of, 83 



discrimination of, 85 



movements of, 75, 84 

 Analgesia, 616 

 Anastomoses, 280 

 Anelectrotonus, 506 

 Animal heat, 425 



Animal heat, expenditure of, 429 



gain of, 430 



mode of production of, 428 



nervous control of, 430, 435 



radiation and conduction of, 



431 



Animals, food of, 89 

 Anode, 501 

 Anus, 120 



Anvil bone of ear, incus, 601 

 Aorta, 256 

 Aortic arches, 704 

 Apncea, 341 

 Aqueous humor, 558 

 Area opaca, 658 



pellucida, 658 

 Arterial blood, 351 



pulse, the, 302 



system in the foetus, 704 



tone, 312 

 Arteries, 280 



development of the, 705 

 Arthrosis, 476 

 Asexual reproduction, 650 

 Asphyxia, 351, 358, 621 

 Assimilation, 23 

 Astigmatism, 573 

 Atmosphere, composition of the, 31 9, 



347 



Atoms, 21 

 Auditory nerve endings, 605 



nerve, cochlear division of the, 



606 



Auerbach's plexus, 122 

 Augmentation of nerve cells, 518 

 Auricles of the heart, 254 

 Automatic centres in spinal cord, 613 

 Automatism, 626 



of nerve cells, 516 

 Axis cylinder, 41, 495 



of spinal cord, 611 



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