Nutritional physiology / by Percy Goldthwait Stiles.

  • Stiles, Percy Goldthwait, 1875-1936.
Date:
1931
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Credit: Nutritional physiology / by Percy Goldthwait Stiles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bile, salts in, 98 waste products of, 97 Blood, amino-acids in, 164 as carrier, 109 as equalizer of temperature, 110 coagulation of, 117 corpuscles in, 111 plasma of, 115 proteins, 163 in nutrition, 163 sugar in, lowering of, by severe exertion, 146 reduction by insulin, 153 Blood-flow, character of, 126 in arteries, 126 in veins, 126 intermittency of, 127-129 regulation of, 291-296 velocity of, 129 Blood-pressure, 126, 127 Body cavity, definition of, 55, 56 composition of, 22-27 temperature, changes in, 217, 223, 224 of metabolism in relation to perspiration and, 218-221 humidity and, 220-221 maintenance of, 216-224 during exercise, 222 Botulism, 262 Brain, localization of function in, 300, 301 Breathing, 177, 178 Calorie, definition of, 194 Calorimetry, 199 direct, 201 indirect, 202 Cane-sugar in diet, 252 Canned goods, poisoning from, 264 Capillaries, 19, 120 Carbohydrates and fat compared, 242 in blood, 116, 144 in body, 25 in diet, 25 in fasting, 187 in liver, 143 metabolism of, 142-152 Carbon dioxid as stimulus to respiratory center, 179, 290 elimination of, 175-179 from protein, carbohydrate, and fat, 188 in expired air, 178, 179 maximum excretion of, 215 minimum excretion of, 215 retention, 191 Cardia, 57 Cardiac sphincter, effect of acid upon, 71 regulation of, 70 Cecum, 58, 102 Cells, 12, 15 Central resistance, 52 Cereals, poisoning from, 260 Chalones, 279 Chocolate, value of, in diet, 254 Cholesterin in bile, 98 Chyme, 75, 77 Circulation, portal, 124 pulmonary, 122 systemic, 120-122 Coagulation of blood, 117 fibrin and, 117 thrombin and, 118 Coffee, food value of, 253 Colon, 58 absorption in, 134, 137