INDEX. 



547 



.NERVES. 



Nerves (subscap,ular), 278, 279. 

 ,, superior maxillary, 273. 

 ,, supra-scapular, 278, 279, 

 ,, of tail, 283. 

 ,, tenth, 274. , . 

 third pair, 271. 

 . ,, thoracic, 28J. 

 tibial, 282. 

 trochlear, 271. 

 twelfth, 275. 

 ulnar, 278, 279. 

 vaso-motor, 285. 

 ventral spinal, 277. 

 Nervous activity (its conditions), 307. 



,, ,, its nature, 305. 



Nervous excitement, 305. 



,, functions (summary of), 316. 

 ,, matter (white and grey), 256. 

 ,, stimuli, 305. 

 Nervous system, 252. 



Neural arch 



its peripheral part, 269. 

 its functions, 304. 



functions, 

 its origin, 355. 

 Nervous tissue, 253. 



development of, 331. 



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,, lamina, 35. 

 ,, psychosis, 386. 

 ,, spine, 35. 

 Neurapophyses, 35. 

 Neurilemma, 255. 

 Neurility, 305. 

 Neuroglia, 256. 



New forms (their origin experienced), 521. 

 Nictitating membrane, 288. 

 Nimravus, 435, 502, 518. 

 Ninth nerve, 274. 



,, caudal vertebra, 47. 

 Nipples, 239. 

 Nitrogenous excretion, 232. 



,, foods and tissues, 166. 

 Nomenclature (zoological), 392. 

 Non-nitrogenous foods and tissues, 166. 

 Normal forms, 490. 

 Northern lynx, 424. 

 Nose (cartilages of), 286. 



,, development of, 363. 



,, meati of, 287. 



,, mucous membrane of, 287. 

 Notochord (its first appearance), 321. 

 Nourishment of ovum, 326. 

 Nuclei, 17. 

 Nucleoli, 17. 



Number of kinds of cats, 431. 

 Nutrition, 166. 



OBLIQUUS capitis inferior, 135. 



,, ,, superior, 135. 



,, inferior muscle, 132. 



,, superior muscle, 132. 

 Obturator artery, 213. 



,, foramen, 104, 107. 



.ORGANS. 



Obturator membrane, 116. 

 ,, muscles, 156. 

 >9 , nerve, 281, 282. 

 Occipital bone, 61. 

 ,, foramen, 57 

 ,, ridge, 61. 

 Occipito-frontalis, 131. 

 Ocelot, 408. 

 Ocelot-like cat, 411. 

 Oculo-motor nerves, 271. 

 Odontoid process, 43. 

 (Esophagus, 175. 



Oldest tertiary mammal, 506, 514. 

 Oleaginous substances, 166. 

 Olecranal fossa, 93. 

 Olecranon, 96. 

 Olfactory cells, 287. 

 ,, fossa, 23. 



lobes, 260, 264. 

 ,, nerves, 270, 287. 

 Olivary bodies, 263. 

 Olulanus (embryos of), 510. 



,, tricuspis, 509. 

 Omenta, 190. 



Omphalo-meseraic veins, 348. 

 Ophiomorpha, 459. 

 Ophthalmic artery, 208. 

 ,, nerve, 272. 



Opisthotic, 69. 

 Opossums, 468, 507. 

 Opponens minimi digiti i(of fore-paw), 



152; (of hind-paw), 162. 

 ,, pollicis, 152. 

 Optic chiasma, 270. 



commissure, 264, 265. 

 foramen, 71. 

 nerves, 270. 



thalami, 268 ; their functions, 311. 

 tracts, 263. 

 Optical action of eye, 294. 

 Ora serrata, 292. 

 Oral and mental words, 371. 

 Orbicular ligament, 101. 

 Orbicularis oris, 131. 



,, palpebrarum, 131. 

 Orbital muscles (actions of), 294. 



,, plate (of maxilla), 73. 

 Orbito-sphenoid, 71. 

 Orbits, 57, 85. 

 Orders of levers, 130. 



,, of mammals, 466. 

 Organ of Corti, 302. 



of Giraldes, 244. 

 of hearing, 295. 

 of Jacobson, 288. 

 of respiration, 220. 

 of sight, 288. 

 Organic chemistry, 12. 



,, food needed by cat, 166. 

 ,, ^ geography, 11. 

 Organism, its definition, 9. 

 Organs of circulation, 192. 

 ,, development of, 329. 



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