Volume 1

A text-book of physiology / by Henry P. Bowditch [and others] ; edited by William H. Howell.

Date:
1900
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    Albuminoids, digestion of, in the stomach, 297 enumeration of, 577 nutritive value of, 277, 349 properties of, 579 protection of proteids by, 349 tryptic digestion of, 304 Albuminous glands, 216 Albumins, properties of, 577 Albumose injections, efl'ect of, on blood, coagu- lation. 62 Alcaptonuria, 570 Alcohol, absorption of, in the stomach, 313 amyl, 539 cerotyl, 540 cetyl, 540 ethyl, 535 melicyl, 540 nutritive value of, 358 physiological action of, 357, 535 propyl, 536, 538 toxic eflects of, 3,59 Alcoholic fermentation, 535 Alcohols, monatonue, 531 Aldehydes, general properties of, 534 Aldoses, 561 Alimentary canal, movements of, 369 principles, 276 Allantoin, 555 Alloxunc bases, 338, 339, 552 Altitude, effect of, on the number of red cor- puscles, 46 Alveolar air, composition of, 413 capacity, 427 tension of carbon-dioxide, 413 of oxygen,413 Alveolus, glandular, definition of, 212 Amido-acetic acid, 537 Amido-acids, properties of, 538 Amines, definition of, 541 Ammonia, inhalation of, 440 occurrence of, 511 origin of, in the body, 511 properties of, 511 Ammoniacal fermentation of urine, 512 Ammonium carbamate, 548 carbonate, 523 cyanate, 542 magnesium phosphate, 527 Amniotic fluid, inhibitory effect of, on respira- tion, 464 Amoeboid movement of leucocytes, 48 Ampho-peptone, definition of, 293 Amygdalm, fermentative decomposition of, 542 Amyl alcohol, 539 Amylodextrin, 566 Amyloid, 578 Amylolvtie enzvme of gastric juice in the dog, 296 of succus eutericus, 308 of the liver, 330 enzymes, definition of, 280 action of, in the body, 285 Amylopsin, 232, 280 action of, on starch, 566 digestive action of, 305 occurrence of, 304 properties of, 305 Auabolism, definition of, 19 Ansesthetics, effect of, on body-temperature, 472 Animal foods, composition of, 278 heat, 467 source of, 474 Annulus Vieussens, 159 Aiitalbumid, 293 Autilytic secretion, 230 Antimony poisoning, 514 Anti-pejrtone, definition of, 293 Anti-peptone, nature of, 302 Antiperistalsis, intestinal, 383 of the stomach, 379 Antrum pylori, 377 Apex beat, 117 preparation of the frog's heart, 188 ventricular, rhythmicity of, 151 A])iioea, definition of, 440 fcetal, 464 phenomena of, 441 relation of vagi to, 442 Apomorphia, action of, 389 Arabinose, 562 Arginin, 552 Argon of the blood, 417 Aromatic compounds in urine, 572 metabolism of, 568, 569 Arsenic poisoning, 514 Arterial blood-pressure, explanation of, 92 pulse, cause of, 93 definition, 139 extinction of, 94 Arteries, coronary, 179 elongation of, 140 rate of flow in, 101 Artificial respiration, circulatorv effects of, 453 methods of maintaining, 446 Asparagin, 558 Aspartic acid, 557 Asphyxia, 441 circulatory changes in, 445 eflects of, on the blood-vessels, 202 on the respiratory rhythm, 425 stages of, 445 Aspiration of the thorax, influence of, on the circulation, 77, 95 on the lymph-flow, 147 on venous circulation, 77, 95 Assimilation, general characteristics of, 19 Associated respiratory movements, 408 Asymmetrical carbon atom, definition of, 545 Atelectasis, 396 Atmospheric air, composition of, 410, 413 Atrophy of the heart after section of the vagi, 167 Atropin, action of, on salivary glands, 222, 229 on sweat glands, 260 effect of, on body-temperature, 472 Augmentor centre of the heart, 177 nerves of the heart, 161, 167 Auricles, connection of, 135 degree of emptying, in systole, 138 functions of, 135 influence of, on venous blood-flow, 136 negative pressure in the, 137, 138 systolic changes in the, 115 Auricular pressure, 135, 137 systole, duration of, 124, 136 effect of, on venous blood-flow, 138 on ventricular filling, 137 Auriculo-ventricular valves, 108 Auscultation, 118 Axilla, temperature in the, 468 Bacterial decomposition in the intestines, 309 Banting diet, 353 Barometric pressures, effect of, on respiration, 434 Bartholin, duct of, 217 Basojihiles, 47 Batlis, influence of, on body-temperature, 471 Beckiuann's apparatus, 68 Beef-tea, physiological action of, 359 Beer, 535 Beeswax, 540 Benzoic acid^ 340, 569