INDEX. 



847 



Mesoblastic somites, 776 

 Metabolism, 7 



nutrition and diet, 427 

 Metaphases, 16 

 Metencephalon, 809 

 Metha3inoglobin, 100 

 Micturition, 488 



centre, 579 

 Mid-brain, 585, 809 

 Milk, 309 



as a food, 328 



chemical composition of, 310, 328 



coagulation of, 310 



digestion of, 363 



globules, 309 



salts of, 311 

 Millon's reaction, 113 

 Mineral foods, 329 

 Mitosis, 14 



Motor oculi nerve, 597 

 Mouth, description of, 332 

 Movement, visual estimation of, 783 

 Mucin, 118 



Mucous membranes, 300 

 Mucus, 301 



in urine, 479 

 Murexide test, 477 

 Muscle at rest, 502 



blood suppty of, 89 



-caskets theory, 85 



chemical composition of, 500 



-clot, 500 



conditions affecting irritability, 505 



contractility of, 505 



currents, 502, 504 



negative variation of, 516 

 of action, 516 

 of rest, 505 



curve, 513 



effect of blood supply on, 505 

 of disuse on, 506 

 of separation from the nervous 



system on, 506 

 of single induction shock on, 



512 



of temperature on, 507 

 of use on, 506 



fatigue of, 506, 519 



heart, 88 



in activity, 505 



natural currents, 505 



Muscle-nerve physiology, 500 

 plain, 81 

 plasma, 500 

 reticulum theory, 86 

 serum, 500 

 sound, 514 

 stimuli of, 507 

 striated, 82 

 Muscles, action of involuntary, 527 



of voluntary, 522 

 as heat producers, 452 

 centre for tone of, 570 

 Muscular contraction, accompaniments 



of, 514 

 conditions affecting character 



of, 516 

 differences between voluntary 



and involuntary, 519 

 latent period of, 513 

 phenomena of, 507 

 record of, 510 

 single, 513 



stage of contraction, 513 

 stage of elastic after-vibration,. 



514 



stage of elongation, 513 

 coordination centres for, 638 

 metabolism, 533 

 sensations, centre for, 642 

 sense, 665 

 tissue, 81 

 work, 518 



Musculi papillares, 179 

 Mutton, composition of, 327 

 Myelin sheath, 92 

 Myelocyte, 146 

 Myeloplaxe, 56 

 Myograph, pendulum, 512 

 Myohasmatin, 501 

 Myopia, 719 

 Myosin, 116 



ferment, 501 

 Myxcedema, 314 



NAILS, structure of, 495 

 Native albumins, 114 

 Neural canal, 774 

 Neuraxon, 91 

 Neurenteric canal, 778 

 Neurilemma, 93 

 Neuroglia, 107 



