924 



INDEX. 



Ball-and-socket joint, 730 

 Barley-bran, 171 



composition of, 170 



straw, 171 

 Basal ganglia of the brain, development of, 

 807 

 functions of, 822 

 BasiB cruris, 819 

 Beef-tea, composition of, 190 

 Beet residue, 182 

 Beets, 174 

 Bile, 382 



acid, preparation of, 385 



acids, 384 



chemical characteristics of, 383 



coloring matters of, 387 

 test for, 388 



composition of, 383 



crystallized preparation of, 385 



inorganic constituents of, 390 



physiological action of, 393 



salts, test for, 385 



secretion of, 391 

 Biliary fistulae, 394 

 Bilirubin, 388 

 Biliverdin, 389 

 Birds, auditory apparatus of, 876 



brain of, 804 



digestive apparatus of, 211 



gastric digestion in, 379 



nervous system of, 770 



olfaction in, 844 



organs of circulation in, 497 



production of sound in, 759 



reproduction in, 905 



respiratory apparatus of, 568 



vision in, 849 

 Biuret reaction of proteids, 91 

 Blastema, 16 

 Blastoderm, 20 



changes in form in impregnation, 22 



section of, 21 



segmentation of, 22 

 Blastodermic vesicle, 25 

 Blastopore, 25 

 Blood, 469 



absorption of carbon dioxide, 595 

 of gases, 592 



circulation of, 491 



coagulation, 483 



composition of, 471 



corpuscles, 27 

 red, 471, 474 

 white, 479 



crystals, 475 



current, velocity of, 530 



gases of, 490, 592 



plasma, 483 



plates, 483 



pressure, 525 



experiment, 526 



in arteries, 528 



in different mammals, 530 



Blood pressure in the capillaries, 538 



quantity of, 470 



respiratory changes in, 591 



serum, 489, 595 



tension of gases in, 596 

 Bone-corpuscles, 29 

 Bone, development of, 35 

 Bones of the ear, 880 



heart, 509 

 Bran, barley, 171 



Branching tubes, flow of liquids in, 521 

 Brain, development of, 803 



functions of, 803 



of mammals, 809 



size of, in different animals, 808 



weight of, in different animals, 809 

 Bread, composition of, 165 

 Brewers' grains, 179 

 British gum, 116 

 Bronchi, structure of, 570 

 Brunner's glands, 416 

 Buckwheat, 171 

 Buckwheat-meal, 172 

 Buckwheat-straw, 172 

 Budding, 16 

 Bulbs and roots, 174 

 Burdach, column of, 787, 797 

 Butter, 617 



estimation of, 633 

 Buttermilk, 188 

 Butyric acid, 122 

 Butyrin, 122 



Caecal fistulse, 428 

 Caecum, 221 



functions of, 423 



secretion of, 428 



structure f, 426 

 Calcium carbonate, 130 



fluoride, 136 



phosphate, 133 



sulphate, 136 

 Cane-sugar, 119 



gastric digestion of, 354 

 Canter, 751 

 Capillaries, blood pressure in, 538 



circulation in, 536 



development of, 34 



of the lung, 571 



structure of, 536 

 Capillarity, 40 



Capillary phenomena, explanation of, 40 

 Carbohydrate food-constituents, fate of, 666 

 Carbohydrates, 112 



action of pancreatic juice on, 406 



as sources of fat, 666 



construction of, 85 



gastric digestion of, 354 



influence of, on nutrition, 683 

 Carbonate of ammonium, 136 



of calcium, 130 



of magnesium, 130 



of potassium, 129 



