INDEX 



Nerve, seventh cranial activates 

 sphincter colli, 43; facial, 

 chief branches of, in man 

 and gorilla. Fig. 24, 44; facial, 

 of Sphenodon, Fig. 23, 42; 

 oculomotor, of chimpanzee, 

 198; olfactory, course and 

 function of, 155; optic, de- 

 scription of, 187, 188; optic, 

 human, function of, 191; 

 optic, of iSepia, 180; of 

 semicircular canals, 204, 206 



Nerve cells, olfactory, 157 



Nervous system of primates, 

 studies of, 63 



New Mexico, Notharctidie from 

 Eocene of, 54; early placental 

 mammals from, 52 



Nictitating membrane, vestiges 

 of, in man, 194 



Norway, ostracoderms of, 10 



Nose, progressive stages in devel- 

 opment of, vertebrate, 157; 

 shapes of the human, 164, 

 Fig. 89, facing 170; great 

 diversity of form in the, 172; 

 extreme forms of. Fig. 89, 

 facing 170; factors controlling 

 form of the, 168-171; effect 

 of the bony palate on, 169; 

 effect of premaxillse on, 168; 

 hereditary factors in 172, 236; 

 development of human, 162; 

 development in fcetal and 

 adult man, 163; varying rates 

 of development of its parts, 

 167; Prof. Schultz' studies 

 on growth of, 172; embryonic 

 stages of human. Fig. 65, 120, 

 Fig. 82, 159; human, as index 

 of character, 220; shows kin- 

 ship of man and anthropoids, 

 163; nasal sinuses of man and 

 anthropoids, 161; septal car- 

 tilage of human. Fig. 88, 168; 

 origin of median cartilage in 

 mammalian, 167; olfactory 

 capsules of mammal-like rep- 

 tiles, 158; naso-buccal groove 

 of shark, Fig. 66, 121, 154, 

 157; na.sal meati, 161; nasal 

 sac, embryonic origin in 

 shark and mammal, 154; 

 embryonic development of 

 mammalian, 166; Jacobson's 



organ, 158; lateral (or alar) 

 cartilage, 167; primary func- 

 tion of the, 154; essential 

 parts of the, 155; bridge of 

 the, 170; the humped n., 

 cause of, 169; the MongoHan 

 nose, 171; the pug nose, 

 cause of, 169, 171; the wide 

 nose, cause of, 169; shape of, 

 in achondroplasia, 169, 230 



in acromegaly, 171 



in cretinism, 171 



of gorilla, 170 



of gorilla, foetal. Fig. 84, 161 



of catarrhine monkey, fl6 



of shark, 154 



of man, foetal. Fig. 84, 161 



of man, infant, 167 



of Armenian, Fig. 89, facing 

 170 



of Australian aboriginal, 169 



of South African Bushman, Fig. 

 89, facing 170 



of Hittite type, 169; Fig. 89, fac- 

 ing 170 



of Melanesian, 169 



of Mongolian, 164 



of negrito, 169 



of negro, 169, Fig. 88, 168 



of negro child. Fig. 88, 168 



of Papuan, 169 



of African pygmy, 164, Fig. 

 89, facing 170 



of Rhodesian man, 72 



of Tasmanian, 169 



of Tyrolese, Fig. 89, facing 170 



of white adult. Fig. 88, 168 



of white child. Fig. 88, 168 

 Nostrils 



of catarrhine monkeys, 57 

 Nostrils, internal (choanje) 



of early amphibia. Fig. 53, 85, 

 118 



of lung fishes, 157 

 Notharctidse, from Eocene of 

 Wyoming and New Mexico, 

 54; comparetl with lemurs of 

 Madagascar, 54 

 Notharctus (Eocene), compared 

 with chimpanzee and man, 

 65; position of eyes in, Fig. 

 35, 58, 196; jaw muscles of. 

 Fig. 61, 103; olfactory cham- 

 ber of, 196; skeleton of A^. 

 osborni. Fig. 32 facing 54; 



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