INDEX 



1771 



Mechanical compression atelectasis 



angiography, 1717 



experimental, 1 7 1 7 



venous admixture, 1 7 1 7 

 Mechanical pumps 



classification, 760 

 Membrane 



manometers, definition of, 1 303 



permeability, ions and, 1 137 



potentials, ions and, 1 1 38 

 Menstruation 



mechanisms of, 1 598 



role of arteriovenous shunts in, 1598 



scotomata and, 1599 

 Mephentermine 



cardiac hemodynamics and, 1564 

 Mercury- 

 renal lymph flow and, 1058 

 Mesenteric artery 



pressure-diameter diagrams of, 878 

 Mesenteric blood flow 



adrenergic response, 95 1 



arteriovenous anastomoses and, 1444 



blood volume, 1445- 1446 



cholinergic response, 951 



epinephrine and, 950 



factors influencing, 1 446-1 452 



function and, 1452- 1453 



magnitude, 1 439-1 441 



organ function and, 1452 



partition, 1 441 -1445 



to major organs, 1441 



to vessels of different sizes, 1 444 

 Mesenteric circulation 



capillary blood pressure in, 965 



factors affecting, 1451 



function, preferential channels and, 919 



organs included, 1439 



osmotic pressure of plasma proteins in, 



965 



pressure gradient in, 964 



pressure-volume relations, 1085 

 Mesentery 



camera-lucida outline of capillaries, 919 



microcirculation in, 900 



veins, plastic cast, 1077 

 Metabolites 



exercise, hyperemia and, 1378 

 Metabolism 



disease and, 1537 



of tissues, venous return and, 1 1 25 

 Metaraminol 



cardiac hemodynamics and, 1564 

 Metarteriole 



definition, 892 



description, 919 



vasomotion in, 925 

 Methacholine 



splenic blood flow and, 1451 

 Methodology 



acute pulmonary engorgement, 1693 



cardiopneumogram, 1694 



compliance, 1693 



mechanics of breathing, 1 693 



mercury injection, 1036 



pulmonary 



arterial hypertension, 1693 

 distensibility, 1693 

 venous hypertension, 1693 



radioactive tracers, 1694 



teeter board, 1694 

 Methoxamine 



cardiac hemodynamics and, 1 564 

 Microcirculation 



alternate routes in, 895 



arteriovenous anastomoses, 899 



bat wing, 895 



bulbar conjunctiva, 908 



chambers, 893 



cochlea, 915 



definition, 891 



description, 1 263 



hamster cheek pouch, goo 



intestine, 904 



lung, 9 1 3 



mesentery, 900 



myocardium, 903 



preferential channel, 908 



rabbit ear, 898 



removable-top chamber for, 893 



skeletal muscle, 900 



skin, 904 



spiral ligament, 916 



spleen, 910 



stomach, 904 



stria vascularis, 916 



thoroughfare channel, 918 

 Mitral insufficiency 



discussion of, 1557 



experimental mitral regurgitation, 1557 



ventricular function curves, 1557 

 Mitral stenosis 



cardiac index, 1557 



cardiac work index, 1557 



discussion of, 1 556 



lymph flow and, 1055 



pulmonary 



arterial pressure, exercise and, 1695 

 hypertension, 1727 

 pressure-volume diagram, 1693 

 Mitral valve 



closure interval, 7go 



opening interval, 79° 



structure, 780 

 Moat chamber 



for studies of microcirculation, 893 

 Model 



arterial, windkessel, 847 



pressure applied around tube, 1708 



tension muscles and elastic tissue, 874 

 Molecular sieving 



diffusion, restricted and, 1005 



rate of filtration and, 1005 



regional differences, 1013 

 theory of, 1005 

 Molecules, small 



blood-tissue exchange, 102 1 

 Mollusk smooth muscle 



catch mechanism in, 871 

 Monkey 



blood pressure, age and, 1643 

 cardiac glycogen before birth, 1638 

 carotid sinus response in, 1644 

 heart beat at birth, 1641 

 Monoamine oxidase 



in Raynaud's syndrome, 1229 

 of digital arteries, 1229 

 Monotremes 



uterus in, 1585 

 Mountain sickness 



syndrome of, 1721 

 Mouse 



hepatic blood flow in, 1405 

 interstitial fluid pressure, 980 

 Muscle pump : see Pumps 

 Muscular activity : see Exercise 

 Myocardial damage 



arterial pressure and, 1 1 16 

 cardiac output, 1 1 1 5 

 infarction 



after coronary ligation, 1550 



cardiac output and, 1 1 15 



effectiveness of heart and, 1 104 



right atrial pressure and, 1 1 15 



venous return and, 1 1 1 5 

 ischemia, viability and, 1569 

 renal output and, 1 1 16 

 right atrial pressure, 1 1 1 5 

 vasoconstriction and, 1 1 16 

 venous return, 1 1 15 

 Myocardium 



aerobic metabolism, 1538 

 anoxia 



discussion of, 1541 



effects of, 1 54 1 



ventricular distensibility, 1541 



ventricular fibrillation, 1541 

 arterioles 



anatomical structure, 152 1 



discussion of, 1 52 1 

 atrial, 768-769 



architecture of, 768 



classification, 768 

 blood flow 



distribution of, 1530 



methods for determination 1 530 



venous circuit, 1531 

 capillaries, functional activity, 1521 

 capillary 



density, 1521 



distribution, 903 



exchange of metabolites, 1521 

 cardiac failure and, 1537 

 changes of, 1536 

 chemical patterns of, 1536 



