INDEX 



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Muscle, chemical composition of, 440, 

 441 



clot, 440 



coagulation of, 440 



conditions affecting irritability of, 

 454 



conductivity of, 447 



contractility of, 442 



contraction of, 443, 467 



contracture, 460 



currents, demonstration of, 452 



development of, 62 



effect of blood supply on, 458 

 of drugs on, 459 

 of nerve supply, 458 

 of single induction shocks on, 



446 



of temperature on, 456 

 of use on, 458 



elasticity of, 442 



electrical phenomena of, 451 



end-plates, 62 



experiments in, 492 



ferments, 441 



heart, 61, 465, 500 



in rigor mortis, 461 



involuntary, 57, 466, 501 



compared with skeletal and 

 cardiac, 466 



irritability of, 442, 493 



-nerve preparation, 492 



nerve supply of, 62 



non-striated, 57 



plain, 57 



plasma, 440 



properties of, 442 



record of contraction of, 443 



serum, 440, 441 



skeletal, 59 



stimuli, 442, 496 



striated, 58 



tetanus, 459 



-tone, center of, 525 



voluntary, 58 

 Muscular action as heat producer, 433 



activity, 464 



center for tone of, 525 



contraction, 443, 465 



action currents, 452 

 apparatus for producing and 

 recording, 443 



Muscular contraction, changes in shape 



during, 449 



characteristics of single, 448 

 chemical changes during, 451 

 conditions affecting character 



of, 454 



co-ordinated, 460 

 differences between volun- 

 tary and involuntary, 466 

 effect of blood supply on, 458 

 of drugs on, 459 

 of fatigue on, 497, 498 

 of load on, 499 

 of nerve supply on, 458 

 of rate of stimulation on, 



459 

 of repeated activity on, 



455 



of strength of stimulus 

 on, 454, 496 



of temperature on, 456, 

 498, 499 



of use on, 458 



electrical changes during, 451 

 energy liberated during, 454 

 heat produced during, 453 

 latent period of, 448, 495 

 metabolism during, 463 

 preparation for, 446 

 record of, 443, 447 

 recording, 446 

 refractory phase of, 465 

 response to stimuli in volun- 

 tary and involuntary, 466 

 simple, 448, 494 

 single twitch, 448 

 summation of contractions, 



459 



tetanic, 459, 499 

 voluntary, 459 

 co-ordination, 460, 629 

 energy, 464 

 tissue, 56 



Musculi pectinati, 144 

 Mydriasis, 550 

 Myelin sheath, 65 

 Myelocyte, 100, 113 

 Myeloplaxes, 42 

 Myoalbumin, 441 

 Myoalbumose, 441 

 Myoglobulin, 44- 



