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INDEX 



Notochord, 1009 

 Nuclease, 507, 510 

 Nucleic acid, i, 2, 5 

 Nucleins, r, 2, 506 



formation of uric acid from, 506 

 Nuclei pontis, 768, 777, 784, 828 

 Nucleolus, 874, 1004 

 Nucleo-proteins, i, 2, 5, 42, 47, 506 



hydrolysis of, 507 



influence of, on coagulation, 34, 38 

 Nucleus ambiguus, 825 



cuneatus and gracilis, 767, 772 



dentatus, 760, 780 



globosus, 780 



of Deiters, 780, 781, 792, 824 



tecti, 780, 824 

 Nucleus, function of, 5 



daughter, 5, 1007 



influence of, on oxidation, 260 



structure of, 5 



Nucleus -plasma relation, 874 

 Nussbaum's experiments on renal 



excretion, 460 

 Nystagmus, 831 



Oatmeal as a food, 546, 547 

 Obermayer's reagent, 479 

 Obesity, Banting cure for, 534 

 Occipital cortex and vision, 858, 859 

 Octopus macropus, saliva of, 361 

 Oculo-motor or third nerve, 819 

 Odours, classification of, 965 

 (Edema, 408 

 (Esophagus, contraction of, 302, 303, 



713 



successive combination of reflexes 



in, 806 



(Estrus, 1006, 1022 

 Ohm, 616 



reciprocal, 26 

 Ohm's law, 616 

 Oleic acid, 12 

 Olein, 4, 12 

 Olfactometer, 966 

 Olfactory bulb, structure of, 816, 818 



glomerulus, 816 



nerve, 816 



sensations, 965 



tract, 817 



development of, 747 

 Olive, 767, 771 



connections of cerebellum with, 780 



superior, 824 

 Oncometer, 117, 467 

 Opacities inthe eye, 914, 929 

 Ophthalmometer, 906, 990 

 Ophthalmoscope, direct method, 919, 

 920, 994 



indirect method, 919, 994 



testing errors of refraction by, 804, 

 919, 994 



Opitz on velocity of blood in veins, 121, 



122 



Opsonic index, 53 

 Opsonins, 53 

 Optical constants of the eye, 902 



of reduced eye, 904 

 Optic axis, 898, 914 

 disc, 900, 902, 932 

 lobes, 829 

 nerve, 818 



efferent fibres of, 819 

 radiation, 785, 818 

 thalami, 747, 768, 772, 781, 784, 



818, 820 

 and tegmental path, 773, 779, 



784 



functions of, 829 

 Optimum temperature, 315 

 Optogram, 935 

 Orbicularis oculi, displacement of 



centre for, 872 



Orcin reaction for pentoses, 491 

 Ornithin, 503 

 Osmic acid test for fat, 12 

 Osmosis, 398 



Osmotic pressure, 398, 492 

 of proteins, 406 

 of solid tissues, 411 

 resistance of erythrocytes, 64 

 Otoconia, 833 

 Otoliths, 833 

 Output of heart, 127 

 Ovary, grafting of, 1023 



influence of uterus on, 1005, J oo6 

 internal secretion of, 556, 1005 

 Overtones, 280 

 Ovulation, 1004, 1006 

 Ovum, development of, 1006 

 Oxalates and coagulation, 34, 55 



in urinary sediments, 442, 495 

 Oxidation, seats of, 259 



nature of, in body, 264 

 Oxidizing ferments, 42, 68, 264, 295, 



314, 507, 509, 510 

 Oxyalanin, 332 



Oxybutyric acid in diabetes, 520 

 Oxydases. See Oxidizing ferments 

 Oxygen, amount consumed, 241, 243, 



293 



artificial respiration with, 189 



balance, 540 



deficit, 242, 541 



dissociation curve of blood, 255 



estimation, 251 



in blood, 252 



inhalation, 46 



in heart, 585 



in resting muscle, 584 



partial pressure of, in blood and 



alveolar air, 258 

 toxic effects of, 274 



