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PHYSIOLOGICAL TRIGGERS 



negative after-, gr, 93 



postsynaptic, 78, 126, 131, 132, 134-138, 



141-143 

 resting, 37, 87, 91, 131, 145 

 spike, 91, 120, 123, 125, 126, 131-139, 



141-145 



Potential energy: see Energy, potential 



Pressure, 92 



Propagation {see also Chain reaction, Con- 

 duction), 14, 33, 35-38, 86-88, 93, 95, 

 126, 130, 14s 



Propionate, 92 



Protein, 85, 94-96, 115, 152, 159-161 



Prothoracic glands, 46 



Pseudo-flash, 80, 81 



Pump, 88, 120, 125 



Pupa, 46, 48, 51-56, 73-78 



Pupation, 47 



Pyrophosphate, 83, 84 



Ivabbit, 95, 96, 136, 164-17 1 



Rat, 153, 15s, 171-172 



Reactivation, 56, 104, 115 



Receptor {see also Ear, Mechano-receptor, 

 Sense organ. Stretch receptor. Trans- 

 ducer), 5, 8, 121, 123, 124, 129, 140, 145 



Recovery, 4, 93, 128 



Refertilization, 41 



Reflex, 164-17 1 



Refractoriness, 4, 6, 31, 126, 128, 132, 134, 

 136 



Regeneration, 124 



Regulation, 78 



Relaxation, 72, 78, 95, 96 



Relaxing factors, 95, 96 



Repetitive phenomenon: see Cycle, Rhythm 



Replication, 9-16 



Repolarization, 142 



Respiration, 50-54, 69, 72-78, 155, 156 



Respiratory quotient, 53, 75 



Resting potential: see Potential 



Resting state, 87, 120 



Reversibility, 30, 49, 74, 75, 82, 83, 84, 96, 



"5 

 Rhythm {see also Cycle), 48, 73, 78 

 Ryanodine, 96 



ocala tympani, 64 

 Scala vestibuli, 64 

 Secretion, 5, 120, 125 



Self-excitation {see also Autocatalysis, Propa- 

 gation), 114, 115 

 Self-propagation: see Propagation 

 Self-restoration: see Recovery 

 Semipermeability : see Permeability 

 Sense organ: see Ear, Receptor, Transducer 



Sensitivity: see Threshold 



Sensitization, 103 



Serology: see Agglutination 



Shortening, 86, 103-105, 108-113 



Silkworm, 47, 48, 51 



Sodium, 85, 87-89, 91-93, 118, 120, 124, 125, 



128, 129, 138, 141, 142 

 Sperm, 5, 6, 22-27, 38-41 

 Spike: see Potential 

 Spiracle, 72-78 

 Spread, 14 



Squid, 94, 120, 124-126, 130, 134, 138, 143 

 Stability, 4 



Steady state, 78, no, 119 

 Step, 3, 4, 7, 86 

 Steroid, 152-162 

 Stimulation: see Activation, Excitation, 



Trigger 

 Stretch, 92, 103, 104 



Stretch receptor, 121, 123, 133, 142, 143 

 Stria vascularis, 70 

 Summating potential: see Potential 

 Summation, 134 

 Survival, 10 

 Synapse, 6, 7, 121, 129, 131, 132, 134, 136- 



145 



Target, 5, 7, 55, 56, 152-162, 170 



Tectorial membrane, 66 



Temperature, 10, 47-51, 94, 118 



Tension, 91-94 



Tension-length relation, 103, 104, 107, 109- 



"5 

 Terminal oxidase, 53 

 Tetanus, 91, 92, 94, 103, 104, 108, 109, 112, 



"3 

 Thermodynamics, 3, 5, 6, 88, 118 

 Threshold, 3, 4, 6, 49, 66, 103, 127, 128, 142, 



172 

 Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), 9-16 

 Torpedo, 131, 137, 139, 142 

 Trachea, 72-78 

 Transducer, 5, 7, 8, 60, 62, 71, 121-123, 124, 



127, 128, 133, 136, 139-145 

 Transmitter {see also Acetylcholine, Neuro- 



humor), 2, 123, 129, 131, 137-140, 142- 



144 

 Trigger {see also Activation, Excitation), 1-8, 



17, 22, 27, 42, 46-49, 56, 60, 61, 71, 74, 



75, 77, 86-89, 93, 94, 96, 98, 117, 118, 



121, 124, 125, 131, 143-145, 158, 159, 



164, 167, 169 

 Trigger, chain, 4, 6, 8, 61, 103 

 Trigger, inanimate: see Model 

 Triggering, delayed, 47, 48 

 Tritneptis klugii, 47 



