SUBJECT INDEX 



(Roman numerals indicate Plates) 



Acetate ions, 98 



Acetyl choline, 111, 112-5 



Aconitine, 117-8 



Activation of cilia, 120-4, 167, 197-8 



Adenosine triphosphate, 



and ciliary activity, 107-10 

 and supply of energy for move- 

 ment, 164-5 

 breakdown in cilia and flagella, 

 29, 146 

 Adrenaline, 111, 115-6 

 Alectrion, nervous control of ciliary 



movement, 124 

 Algal flagella, 36-40, 69-70, VIII, 

 IX (see also under species) 

 Alkaloids, 116-8 

 Aluminium ions, 99-100 

 Ammonium ions, 99-101 

 Anodonta cilia, 



and electric currents, 94 

 beat direction of cilia, 158 

 microdissection studies, 124 

 structure, 



basal body, 23, 53, II 

 central fibrils, 16, 17 

 dimension of parts, 16 

 frontal cilia, II 

 laterofrontal cilia, 31, II 

 mid-filament, 17 

 peripheral fibrils, 16, 19, 21 

 radial links, 21 

 root fibres, 28, 68-9, 151, 199, 



II, XIV 

 secondary filaments, 21 

 shaft structure, 18-25 



tip of shaft, 22 

 transition zone, 23-5 

 Antiplectic metachronism, 174, 175, 



176-7, 179, 190, 191-2 

 Apis, see Bee 

 Arecholine, 117 

 Arrhenius equation, 82 

 Astasia, control of movement, 121 

 Atropine, 113, 117 

 Axoneme, 11 

 Axosome, 24 

 Axostyle, 



of Pyrsonympha, 72 

 of Tritrichomonas, 71, 72 

 Azide and activity of cilia and 

 sperm, 106-7 



Bacillus brevis, flagellar structure, 75 

 Bacterial flagella, 



chemical nature, 29-30, 76 



structure, 75-6 

 Bacteriophage tail sheath contrac- 

 tion, 151-3 

 Bandicoot, see Perameles 

 Basal body, 12, 24 



dimensions, 53, 54 



division, 58-60 



"functions, 150-1 



of trichocyst, 60-1 



structure, 26-7, 52-61, I, II, III, 

 IV, VI, XII, XIII 

 Basal granule, 26 

 Bee {Apis), 



plate organs of antenna, 33 



sperm tail structure, 41, XI 



231 



