616 



INDEX. 



Varix, 513 



Vasa deferentia, 554 



Vasa serosa, 506 



Vasa vasorum, 503 



Vascular membranes, 279 



Vascular system, 498, 513 ; functions, deve- 

 lopment, 511-13 



Veins, 506 ; coats of smallest, 506 ; do. of 

 medium-sized, 507 ; do, of large veins, 508 ; 

 peculiarities, 508 ; valves of veins, 508; de- 

 velopment, 511 



Veins of bones, 337 



Vernix caseosa, 226-7, 485 



Verruca (warts), 247, 494 



Vesiculse seminales, 553 



Vesical calculi, 223-4 



Vessels, adipose, 297 ; of heart, 499 ; of 

 smooth muscular fibre, 386 ; do. of striated 

 do., 413 ; of teeth, 375 ; of other tissues 

 (see each particular tissue) 



Vestibular nerves, 453 



Villi, 326-28 ; function of, 528 



Vibriones in mucus, 196 ; do. in milk, 203 



Vitreous body, 603 



Vulva, 559 ; its sensibility, 569 



W 



Water, in every tissue and fluid of body ; 

 quantity ; mass ; proportional amount in 

 several tissues and fluids ; as a remedy for 

 disease, 45 ; is in a solid state in the tis- 

 sues ; great amount fixed by the organic 

 substances ; more in muscles of young ani- 



mals ; source of the water, 46 ; quantity 

 consumed annually by an adult ; uses in 

 the body ; how leaves the body, 47 ; amount 

 in the blood, 153 ; uses there, 155 ; in bone, 

 332 



Whale, aorta of, 272 ; fat of, 303 



White fibrous tissue, 275 to 284 ; description, 

 276 ; chemical composition, 276 ; proper- 

 ties, uses, distribution, 277; structure of 

 tendons and ligaments ; fibro-cartilages, 

 278 ; fibrous membranes, tunics of testis, 

 ovaries, &c. ; vascular membranes, 279 ; 

 the cornea, its structure, 280 ; connection 

 with sclerotica, vessels of cornea, 281 ; dis- 

 tribution of collagenous tissue in lower ani- 

 mals, 282 ; development, 282 ; growth ; re- 

 paration ; pathological states ; cirrhosis ; 

 condylomata ; keloides', 283; lupus exe- 

 dens, 284 



Yeast fungus, 70, note 



Yellow fibrous tissue, 268, 275 ; three forms, 

 268 ; arrangement, chemical composition, 

 270; properties and uses ; distribution, 271; 

 distribution in lower animals, 272 ; deve- 

 lopment, 272 ; growth and reparation, 274 ; 

 pathological formations of, 274 



Yolk of ovum, 116 



Yolk sac, 116 



Z 



Zona pellucida, 566 



