Handbook of physiology.

  • Kirkes, William Senhouse, 1823-1864.
Date:
1863
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    Nucleus, present in most cells, 26. metamorphoses of, 25. disappearance of, in degenerating tissue, 27, in Mammalian blood-corpuscles, ib. corpuscles or nucleoli, 24. Nutrition, general nature of, 315. illustrated, 317, e. s. conditions of healthy, 324. of vascular and non-vascular parts, 326. influence of nervous system upon, 327, 488. in paralyzed parts, 328, Nutritive, food, 207. process, 31. repetition, 323. reproduction, ib, NymphiE, 651. O. Oblique muscles of the eye, action of, 480. Ocular spectrum, 597. Odour of blood, etc., 39, 65. Oesophagus, action of in deglutition, 222. reflex movements of, 435. action of in vomiting, 222. Oil, absorption of, 313. Oils, fixed, 8. Oily matter, coated with albumen, 298. Oleaginous food, 209. Oleaginous principles, digestion of, 244. Olcine and Oleic acid, properties of, 9. Olfactory nerve, 571. Olivary bodies, 445. Omphalo-mcsenteric duct, 696. vessels, 692. 0])hthalniic ganglion, relation of third nerve to, 478. Optic, lobes, their function, 465. nerves. See Vision, nerve, decussation of, 605. thalami, relation of to sight, 466. Organic and inorganic bodies, dis- tinctions between, 4. 3 Organic, contimied. compounds, prone to decomposi- tion, 6. compounds, cause of instability of, ib. food, 207. life, its phenomena, 1. nervous system of, 509. processes, influence of sympathetic nerves upon, 515. influenced by cerebro-spinal and sympathetic nerves, ib. Organization of fibrine, 43. Organs, organisms, organization, 2. Organs, plurality of cerebral, 475. Organs of sense, development of, 723. Ossicula auditus, 612. office of, 620. Otoconia, or ear-powder, 610. use of, 626. Ovaries, 649. Ovula Nabothi, 651. Ova, discharged periodically, 659. Ovum, structure of, 653. formation of, 656. changes of in ovary, 657. discharge of from ovary, 659. impregnation of, 667. development of, 675. changes in, previous to formation of embryo, ib. cleaving of yelk, 677-9. changes subsequent to cleaving, 680. changes of in uterus, 680. connexion of with uterus, 700. impregnated, in relation to the decidua, 683. Oviduct, or Fallopian tube, 650. Oxygen, consumed in breathing, 177,186. proportion of to Ciirbonic acid, 178. diffusion-volume of, 179. in blood, 184. union with other elements of blood, 186. with carbon, etc., pro- ducing heat, 198. effects of on colour of blood, 64. on pulmonary circulation, 138.