Hand-book of physiology / by W. Morrant Baker and Vincent Dormer Harris.

  • William Morrant Baker
Date:
1893
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    Vocal cords, attactment of, 570. elastic tissue in, 739. longer in males than in females, 577. position of, how modified, 671. vibrations of, cause voice, 669. ^'oice and speech, 669. compass of, 576. concUtions on which strength de- pends, 579. in eunuchs, 678. human, generated at the glottis, 569. impaired by destruction of ac- cessory nerve, 629. influence of age on, 577. of arches of palate, 680. of sex, 576. of ventricles of larynx, 580. modulations of, 578. natural and falsetto, 678. in speaking, 575. varieties of, as the bass, tenor, etc., 576. Yolatile bodies, influence of on sense of smeU, 591. Voluntary expiratory actions, 170. Vomiting, action of stomach in, 255. mechanism of, 196. influence of spinal cord in, 471. a reflex act, ib. voluntary and acquired, 257. Vowels and consonants, 581. Vulvo-vaginal glands, 676. W. Walking, 564. Warm-blooded animals, 206. Water, absorbed by skin, 401. by stomach, 247. in blood, 69. Water, contimied. conduction of sound through, 641. deficient in thii-st, 65. exhaled from lungs, 189, 398. from skin, 398. influence of on coagulation of blood, 46, 47. on decomposition, 18. in urine, excretion of, 409. variations in, 416. vapour of in atmosphere, 182. in various tissues, 69. Wave of blood in the pulse, 127. Weight, relation to capacity of breathing, 174. White corpuscles. See Lymph-cor- puscles, fibro-cartilage, 746. White substance of nerve-fibre, 429. Will, reflex actions amenable to, 471. transmission of through cord, 465. Willis, circle of, 157. Wolffian bodies, 733. Worms, intestinal, development of ova in, 680. T. Yelk, or vitellus, 678. changes in, in Fallopian tube, 697. in uterus, 699. cleaving of, 697. constriction of by ventral lamina, 703. Yelk-sac, 704. Yellow fibro-cartilage, 746. spot of Sommering, 698, 601. Z. Zona pellucida, 678, 698.