438 



INDEX. 



Irritability, influence of temperature on, 



145 

 blood-supply, 146, 



148 

 ,, ,, ,, functional activity, 



148 

 ,, presence of oxygen a condition 



of, 150, 154, 597 

 ,, prolonged, of heart, 282 

 Irritants, inflammatory action of on 



tissues, 336 

 Islets, extra-vascular, 185 



Jaundice, how caused, 440, 748 

 Judgments of distance and size, how 



formed, iv. 161 

 of solidity, iv. 162 



Juice, gastric, see Gastric juice. 

 pancreatic, see Pancreatic juice. 

 ,, intestinal, see Succus Entericus. 

 Jumping, how effected, iv. 346 



Karyomitosia of leucocytes, 490 



of cells of Malpighian layer, 688 

 Katabolic changes in living tissue, 41, 43 

 ,, heat liberated by, 807 



Katelectrotonus denned, 129 

 Kathode or negative electrode, 60 

 Keratin, its nature, 689 

 Key, galvanic, various forms of, 61 

 Kidney, the, structure of, 634 



tubuli uriniferi of, 636, 639, 641 

 ,, mammalian and amphibian 



compared, 643 



duplexity of its mechanism, 656 

 vasomotor mechanisms of, 657 

 relations, various, of flow of 



blood through, 660 

 ,, vase-constrictor nerves of, 662 

 vaso-dilator nerves of, 663 

 ,, 'effect of chemical changes in 



the blood, 664 



secretion by the renal epithe- 

 lium, 665 

 ,, double vascular supply to in 



amphibia, 666 

 work of the epithelium of the 



tubules, 671 

 and skin, mutual relations of 



secretory activity of, 674 

 ,, its relations to water absorbed 



by the alimentary canal, 675 

 influence of central nervous 



system on, 677 



,, structure of pelvis of, 678 

 fcetal, urea secreted by, iv. 390 

 Kilogram-meters, daily work of heart 



estimated in, 254 



,, energy of food and body and 

 day s work estimated in, 803 

 Knee-jerk, 913, 926 

 Krause's membrane, 90 

 Kreatin, its presence in the blood, 51 

 ,, chemical composition, 102 



Kreatin, in unstrinted muscle, 159 

 ,, in the thyroid, 762 

 ,, the product of muscle meta- 

 bolism, 751 

 Kreatinin, its presence in urine, 650 



,, the urinary form of kreatin, 752 

 ,, difficulties presented l>y its 



presence in urine, 752 

 Kymograph, Ludwig's, for recording 

 Mood-pressure, 208 



Labour, physiological division of, 6 



,, circumstances governing capa- 

 city for, 628 

 ,, increased production of heat 



from, 813 



diet with reference to, 845 

 " Labour," the events of, iv. 396 

 first stage of, iv. 396 



,, second stage of, iv. 397 



causes determining its onset, 



iv. 407 

 Labyrinth of ear, bony and membranous, 



iv. 179 



,, perilymph cavity of, iv. 200 



,, ,, connections of auditory 



nerve with, iv. 201 

 general structure of coch- 



lear, iv. 202 



,, ,, minute structure of, iv. 211 



,, probable functions of,iv.233 



,, vestibular, parts of, iv. 198 



,, minute structure, 



iv. 206 



,, probable func- 



tions, iv. 238 

 ,, the otoconia and otoliths, 



iv. 210 

 ,, ,, transmission of impulses 



through the, iv. 232 

 Lachrymal gland, structure of, iv. 174 

 Lactalbumin, 781 

 Lactation, nervous centre for, 787 

 Lacteal radicle of intestinal villus, 447, 



484 



,, passage of fat into, 512, 618 

 Lacteals, the, absorption by, 481 



,, chyle contained by, in fast- 

 ing animals, 497, 499 

 ,, passage of products of di- 

 gestion into, 512 



Lactic acid, its presence in the blood, 51 

 ,, isomeric variations of, 99, 



note 



,, its effect on the heart, 303 

 ,, ,, fermentation, 477 

 ,, ,, a product of muscular meta- 

 bolism, 826 

 Lactoprotein, 781 



Lactose, ready fermentation of, 782 

 its formation in the mammary 



gland, 786 



"Laky" blood, how formed, 32, 560 

 Lamina cribrosa, iv. 55 



