INDEX. 



1565 



Colour blindness, Bering's theory of, 



1240 



,, absolute, 1243 



Colours, complementary, 1227 

 ,, primary, 1229 

 ,, of arterial and venous blood, 



553-565 



Columns of spinal cord, 858 

 Combustion of various foods, rates of, 



compared, 802 



Connective tissue, structure of, 187 

 ,, corpuscles, 189 

 "loose," 188 

 action of gastric juice on, 



374 



,, ,, retiform or reticular, 443 

 ,, in relation to lymphatic 



vessels, 481 

 ,, to lymph spaces, 485, 



486 

 Constant current, its action, 126 



as compared with in- 



duction shock, 134 

 Commissure, inferior optic, 1074 

 Commissures of cord, anterior and pos- 

 terior, 858, 863 

 Cones of retina, 1200 et sup. 



,, ,, approximate dimensions 



of, 1219 



Coni vasculosi of testis, 1503 

 Conjunctiva, structure of, 1311 

 Consciousness, its connection with ner- 

 vous action, 911 

 Consonants and vowels, 1472 



,, manner of formation, 1475 

 ,, classification of, 1476 

 Constriction of arteries, 307 



,, of pupil a reflex act, 1175 



Constrictor fibres, 312 

 Contour, double, of nerve fibre, 114 

 Contractile tissues, the, 54-167 



,, material of muscle tissue, 153 

 Contractility, 56. 166 

 Contraction of muscle, movements of 



body due to, 54 

 ,, simple and tetanic, 58 



,, graphic method of record- 



ing, 58 



simple, phenomena of, 68 



tetanic, 78, 82 



,, of skeletal muscles tetanic 



in character, 81, 1066 

 wave of, 86 

 visible changes of muscle 



during, 91 



nature of act of, 94, 151 

 chemical changes due to, 



102 



heat given out during, 104 

 making and breaking, 126 

 influence of nature of 



stimulus on, 136 

 prolonged, of red muscle, 

 140 



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Contraction, as influenced by load, 



141 



,, idio -muscular, 143 



,, exhausting effects of the 



products of. 150 

 ,, result of chemical changes 



in, 151 



,, of uustriated muscle, 159 



,, peristaltic, 159 



,, spontaneous, 160 



,, tonic, 162 



,, relation of amoaboid move- 



ments to, 166 

 ,, of arterial muscular fibre, 



313 



,, of heart, auricular and ven- 



tricular synchro- 

 nous, 252 

 ,, ,, features of, 286 



ofvillus, 519 



Contractions, peristaltic, in plain muscu- 

 lar tissue, 159 

 of ureter, 664, 680 

 of bladder, 682 

 ,, of the stomach, 459 

 ,, of the intestine, 465 

 ,, of gall-bladder and 



duct, 708 

 rhythmical, of spleen tissue, 



741 



,, ,, of the uterus during 



pregnancy, 1533 



during 'labour,' 



1534 

 ,, ,, ,, after parturition, 



1536 

 ,, ,, ,, intrinsic nature 



of, 1538 

 ,, of the abdominal walls, 464, 



1535 

 Contrast visual, simultaneous, 1264 



,, ,, successive, 1266 



Conus medullaris, 878 

 Convulsions, anaemic, how produced, 607 

 Co-ordination of movements, machinery 



of, in birds, 1009 

 ,, ,, machinery of, in 



mammals, 1011 

 ,, machinery of, in 



man, 1012 



,, ,, parts of middle 



brain concerned 

 in, 1019 



,, of ocular movements, 1286 



,, ,, ,, nervous mecha- 



nism govern- 

 ing, 1289 



Cord, spinal, 169, 849928 

 ,, ,, general features, 856 

 ,, ,, white matter, structure, 859 

 ,, tracts of, delimita- 

 tion of, 869, 872 

 ,, neuroglia, 859, 860 

 ,, ,, ,, structure, 862 



