Physiological Reviews, Volume 2American Physiological Society., 1922 - Electronic journals |
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A. V. Hill absorption action activity adrenal adrenin afferent Amer amino amino-acids amount animals Arch arteries arteriosclerosis autolysis basophilic bile Biochem Biol blood body carbohydrate cells cent cerebrospinal fluid changes Chem chemical cholesterol circulation clasmatocytes concentration contraction creatine creatinine diet digestion dogs effect electrical endothelium enzyme epinephrin evidence excreted experimental experiments extensor fatty acids fibers Folin formation function gland grams granules guanidine HC CH heat impulses increase inhibition injection innervation intestine iodin Journ kidney lactic acid leucocytes leucoprotease light liver lymphocytes mammary mechanism metabolism method milk yield motor neurones muscle nerve nitrogen normal observations organism output oxidation parasympathetic Path phase Physiol physiological pigment pilocarpin plasma pressure Proc production protein protoplasm quantity rabbits reaction reflex response serum Sherrington shown solution spinal stimulation subarachnoid space substances sympathetic temperature thyroid tion tissue trypsin ultraviolet urea uric acid urine vessels Zeitschr
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Page 626 - to provide concise but comprehensive reviews of the recent literature and present status of various subjects in Physiology, using this term in a broad sense to include Bio-chemistry, Bio-physics, Experimental Pharmacology and Experimental Pathology.
Page 115 - that water is invariably the principal constituent of active living organisms. Water is ingested in greater amounts than all other substances combined and it is no less the chief excretion. It is the vehicle of the principal foods and excretory products for most of these are dissolved as they enter or leave the body. In closing the chapter on water,
Page 540 - A. A study of the physiological activity of adenomata of the thyroid gland, in relation to their iodine content, as evidenced by feeding experiments on tadpoles.
Page 541 - HALSTED, WS An experimental study of the thyroid gland of dogs with especial consideration of hypertrophy of this gland. Johns Hopkins Hosp. Repts.,
Page 124 - of the body, a condition from which the whole body suffers. The local reference to the pharynx, like the local reference of hunger to the stomach, is due to association of experiences. Thus the feeling of dryness in the
Page 153 - 2. The saliva and mucus in the mouth and throat become scant and sticky; the tongue clings to the teeth or to the roof of the mouth; there is a lump in the throat and
Page 614 - In the face of such almost uniformly negative results one is almost forced to assume that, if creatine is related to arginine at all, its mother substance is not free arginine but the still combined arginine of the muscle protein.
Page 175 - the fluid formed in the lateral ventricles flows through the foramina of Monro into the third ventricle and thence by the aqueduct of Sylvius into the fourth ventricle. From the fourth ventricle the fluid
Page 186 - influenced passively to a small extent by changes in the arterial and venous pressures but such alterations are insignificant compared with the independent changes in pressure which occur as the result of secretory activity.
Page 186 - and blood; variations in any one of the three elements may occur, compensation being afforded by alteration in the volume of one or both of the remaining elements.