790 



INDEX 



Nerve system, functions of, 524 

 Nerve tissue, 90 



histology of, 90 

 Nerves, autonomic system of, 642 



chemic composition and metabolism 

 of, 94 



classification of, 99, 100 



degeneration of, 98 



development of, 97 



effects of galvanic current on, 107 



electric currents of, 104 



electric currents of, negative variation 

 of, 105 



electric excitation of, 103 ' 



electric phenomena of, 104 

 action currents, 106 

 diphasic action currents, 107 



fatigue, 103 



peripheral endings of, 96 



physiologic properties of, 101 



pilo-motor, 100 



polar stimulation of, 111 



reactions of degeneration, 1 14 



reunion and regeneration, 99 



relation of, to central nerve system, 95 



stimuli of, 101 

 Neuron, 91 



synapses of, 97 

 Nicotin, actions of, 158, 327 

 Normal saline solution, 771 

 Nucleo-proteins, 17 

 Nucleus caudatus, 571 



cuneatus, 551 



gracilis, 551 



lenticularis, 571 

 Nutritive equilibrium, 27 

 Nutritive supply of the embryo, 750 



Oculo-motor nerve, 630 

 Ohm's law, 758 

 Olein, 11 



Olfactory nerve, 625 

 Oncometer, 471 

 Ophthalmic ganglion, 661 

 Opsonins, 259 

 Optic constants, 701 



nerve, 626 



thalamus, 571 



functions of, 566 

 Optogram, 731 

 Organ of Corti, 730 

 Osazones, 10 

 Osmometer, 227 

 Osmosis, 226 

 Osmotic pressure, 226 



Ossicles of ear, 729 

 Otic ganglion, 662 

 Ovaries, 741 



as organs of internal secretion, 509 

 Ovulation, 743 

 Ovum, 742 

 Oxygen in blood, 419 



in tissues, 424 



quantity absorbed daily, 414, 425 

 Oxyhemoglobin, 250 



Pacinian corpuscle, 686 

 Palmitin, 11 

 Pancreas, 188, 509 

 Pancreatic juice, 189 



mode of secretion, 189 



physiologic action of, 191 

 Parathyroids, 498 



effects of removal, 498 

 Partial pressure of gases, 418 

 Peptones, 176 

 Parturition, 753 

 Pepsin, 171 



Peripheral organs of the nerve system, 531 

 Peristalsis, 160, 200 

 Peristaltic rush, 201 

 Perspiration, 475 

 Petrosal nerves, 643 ' 

 Pettenkofer-Voit respiration apparatus, 



425 



Pexin, 171 

 Phagocytosis, 259 

 Pharynx, 159 

 Phlorhizin glycosuria, 528 

 Phonation, 673 



mechanism of, 679 

 Phosphatids, 12 

 Phospho-proteins, 16 

 Physiology of the cell, 24 



of movement, 39 

 Pilleus ventriculi, 201 

 Pilo-motor nerves, 100 

 Pineal gland, 510 

 Pituitary body, 499 



effects of total removal, 500 

 of anterior lobe removal, 501 

 of injection of extracts, 503 

 of posterior lobe removal, 502 

 on kidney, 502 



functions of, 504 



pathologic conditions, 502 

 Placenta, 750 



Plasma of blood, composition of, 235 

 Pleura, 397 

 Plethysmograph, 375 



