Handbook of physiology / by William Senhouse Kirkes.

  • William Senhouse Kirkes
Date:
1856
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    Penis, corpus cavcvnosiim, 149. erection of, a reflex act in part, 422. Pepsine, 222. action of, 226. Peptone, 232. Perception, 37, Perilymph, or fluid of labyrinth of ear, 587. use of, 601. Peristaltic movements, 274. Peritoneum, peculiarities of, 323. Permanent glands, 331. Perspiration, cutaneous, 352. insensible and sensible, ih. Peyer's glands, 244. Pharynx, action in swallowing, 211. reflex movements of, 416. Phlebolithes, 45. Phosphamid, relation of, to proteine, 17. Phosphates, exist ready-formed in tissues, 21. parts in which they are found, ib. present in albumen, 14. in blood, 63. acid, in gastric fluid, 221. Phosphorus, in organic compounds, 20. in urine, 375. union of with oxygen producing heat, 190, note. Phrenology, 455. Phymatinc, 19. Physical forces, share in organic pro- cesses, 34. Pia mater, circulation in, 147. Picromcl, 251. Pigment, of hair, 304. Pigmcnt-cclis, form and contents of, 29. '. Pineal gland, 458. i Pituitary gland, ib. ] Placenta, formation and structure, 678. fcetalis and uterina, 679. in relation to the liver, 263. Plants, heat evolved in, 192. Plastic food, 198. force, 32. Plexuses. nervous, 382. terminal, 383. conduction through, 399. brachial, relation to spinal cord, 408. lumbar, ditto, ib. Plurality of cerebral organs, 455. Pneumogastric nerve, 480. relations of, to functions of larynx, 483. to functions of oesophagus, 482. to respiration, 483. to functions of stomach, 485. to action of heart, ib. Poisoned wounds, absorption from, 299. Pol3'gamous birds, their cercbella, 442. Pons Varolii, its structure, 435. its functions, 436. organ of sensation anO will, 437. experiments shewing its power, ib. Ponticulus, 436. Portal blood, characters of, 254-5. circulation, 80. veins, arrangement of, 253. Portio major, of fifth nerve, 464. minor, of fifth nerve, ib. mollis, of sev enth nerve, 588. dura, of seventh nerve, 471. Position, effect of, on the blood in parts, 148. Post-mortem rigidity, 513-14. affects all classes of muscles, 515. Posterior pyramids, 428. Posture, etlects on the pulse, 98. Potash, salts of, in muscles, 22. in animal fluids, ib. Potassium, parts of body in which found, ib. Pregnancy, absence of menstruation during, 640. Presbyopia, or short-sightedness, 567. Primary membrane, 322-326. Primitive groove, 663. fasciculi and fibres of muscle, 506. band of ncrve-filire, 3S0. Principle, mental, 452.