702 - Index 



Budding. 56, 393-96 

 Buds, seed plants, 232 

 Bullock, T. H., 456 

 Burnet, Sir Macfarland, 335 

 Buleo lineal us, 575 

 Butyric acid, 177 



Caecum, 31 4 



Caisson sickness, 585 



Calciferol, 353 



Calciferous glands, 296 



Calciostats, 406 



Callose, 253 



Calorimetry, direct, 343; indirect, 344 



Calvin cycle, 164-67 



Calvin, M., 161, 164 



Cambium, 230. 213, 247, 248 



Cambrian period, 563, 564, 565 



Cancers, 48-49 



Capillary circulation, 329 



Carbohydrases, 103 



Carbohydrates. 34, 76-80, 137; chemical nature of, 

 80; disactharides, 79-80; as lnod substance. 127; 

 glucose, 76, 77-79; monosaccharides, 79; poly- 

 saccharides, 80; synthesis in green plants, 169 



Carbon, 65, 76, 158; in organic synthesis, 164-67. 

 See also Radioactive carbon 



Carbon cycle, 183, 184 



Carbon dioxide, 75, 78, 158, 159, 177. 187; carry- 

 ing capacity of blood, 364—66; as lood substance. 

 127 



Carbon monoxide, 366 



Carboniferous period, 563, 565 



Carboxylases, 152 



Carboxyl radical. 82 



Carboxylation, 152, 165 



Carboxypeptidasc, 102. 108, 314 



Carcinomas, 48 



Cardiac muscle, 286, 287, 439-40 



Caniivora, 676 



Carotene, 348, 350 



Carotid sinus, 368 



Carpels, 218 



Carrageenin, 601 



Cartilage, 283, 288, 289 



Casein, 306 



Caseinogen, 306 



Casperson, T. O., 525 



Castration, 399 



Catabolism, 132, 138, 155 



Catalase, 100, 138, 146 



Catalysis, 99-100; enzyme, mechanism of, 105 



Cell, the, 6-7, 16-35; acceptors of, primary, 145- 

 46; active transport mechanism, 112-13, 121-21; 

 apical, 228, 238, 240, 245; blood, 289; cyto- 



plasmic organelles, 28-29; cytoplasmic vacuoles, 

 29-30; cytoplasm of, 23-25, 34-35; daughter 

 cells. 41, 44, 45. 48, 56; "death" of, 96: defini- 

 tion of, 16; diploid, 52; division of (see Cell 

 division); egg (see Egg cell); energy transforma- 

 tions in, 143-49; enzymes and, 99-111; epithe- 

 lial, 19, 21, 48; extraneous (nonprotoplasmic) 

 membranes, 33-34; fibrillar structures, 30-31; 

 flame. 370; form of, 19-21; gamete (see Gam- 

 etes): germ (see Germ cells); glandular, 35, 285; 

 goblet, 298; green plant, nutrition of, 158-71; 

 guard, 242, 249, 250, 251; as imperfect osmotic 

 unit, 115-16; intracellular structure, 21-22; in- 

 trinsic (protoplasmic) membranes, 31-33; mem- 

 brane. 16, 117; nerve (see Neurons): nucleus of, 

 22-23. 34—35; organism and. 35-38; osmosis and, 

 115-16, 118-21; parts of, 16-17; passive transport 

 mechanisms, 112-21; plasma. 337: pole. 279; 

 pore, 240; principles, 7, 16. 38-39; responsive- 

 ness in single. 189-200; root hair, 19, 22; size of. 

 17-19; sperm. 273-74; tumor, 45; yeast, 56 



Cell aggregates, 36 



Cell division, 23. 40-62; cancer problem. 48-49; 

 control of, 48; meiotic, 51-55; mitotic, 41-49 



Cell plate. 47 



Cell principle, 7. 16. 38-39 



Cell wall, 33-34. 47 



Cellular endocrinology, 417 



Cellular metabolism, 138 



Cellular structure ol protoplasm, 6-7 



Cellulase, 131, 177 



Cellulose. 34. 76, 80 



Cellulose bacteria, 177, 179 



Cement, intercellular. 34 



Cenozoic era, 563, 565, 569 



Centipedes, 655-56 



Central lymph vessel, 339, 340 



Central nervous system, 451-52, 458-65; brain, 

 structure of, 458-60; conduction paths. 461-63; 

 cranial nerves, 461, 462; craniospinal nerves, 

 460; impulses, localization of. 464; motor 

 (pyramidal) tract, 464—65; sensory tracts. 463- 

 64; somatic reflexes, 460-63; spinal cord, struc- 

 ture of, 458-60: spinal nerves, 460-61 



Central spindle, 44 



Centrioles, 28, 43, 45 



Centrolecithal eggs, 272 



Centromere, 41 



Centron. 287. 288, 453; dendrite and. functions of. 

 455-58 



Cephalochordata, 665 



Cephalopoda, 653-54 



Cephalothorax, 654 



Cerebellum. 459, 460 



Cerebral cortex, impulses in, localization ol, 464 



Cerebral hemispheres, 460 



Cerebrum, 459, 460 



