900 



INDEX. 



Metabolism, lowering, effect of great cold 



on, 858 

 ,, muscular, nature of, 864, 



865 

 nitrogenous, in general, 



785-795, 830-832 

 of hepatic cell, producing 



glycogen, 757 



,, of substance forming respi- 



ratory centre, 633 

 of tissue denned, 861 

 ,, ,, general plan of, 862 



quiescent, as a source of 



heat, 846 

 Methsemoglobin and its spectrum, 598, 



599 



Methyl glycin ( = sarcosin), 787 

 Micro-organisms, changes in digestion 



due to, 503, 681 



Micturition, analogy between it and re- 

 spiratory mechanism, 716 

 involuntary, 716 



,, mechanism of, 711-718 



Milk, action of gastric juice on, 394, 



398-400 

 ,, average composition in different 



animals, 818 



,, human, nature of, 816-819 

 ,, secretion of, 820-822 



Milk sugar in human milk, 818 

 Mineral compounds, solvent action of 



gastric juice on, 389 

 Mixed diet, advantages of, 875 



,, saliva, constituents of, 386, 387 

 Molecular basis of chyle, 526, 546 

 Mouth, changes undergone by food in, 



496 

 Movements of alimentary canal, 478-495 



of lymph, 526-537 

 ,, gastric and intestinal, their 



nervous mechanism, 490- 

 494 



,, muscular, flow of lymph in- 



creased by, 527 

 ,, peristaltic, 478 



respiratory, described, 572- 



578 

 ,, ,, graphic records of, 



569-572 



,, modified, 661 

 Morphotic or tissue proteids, 832 

 Mucigen, a forerunner of mucin, 434 

 Mucin, colloid substance in thyroid body, 



distinguished from, 797 

 , , in goblet cells of villi, 471 

 ,, of bile differentiated from that of 



saliva, 446 



,, of saliva, composition and pro- 

 perties of, 381 

 Mucous cells, changes produced during 



activity, 432 

 ,, cells of cardiac glands in 



stomach, 406 

 ,, glands, 411 



Mucous membrane in alimentary canal, 



402 

 ,, membrane of small intestine, 



466-469 



Mucus, abnormal increase in urine, 718 

 ,, secreted in trachea, its function, 



559 

 Muscles, chemical changes in, affecting 



respiratory system, 659 

 ,, effect of contraction on respi- 

 ratory nervous centre, 634 

 ,, frequent occurrence of glyco- 

 gen in, 763 

 ,, production of carbonic acid by, 



613 

 ,, respiration of, what it consists 



in, 611 



,, in spleen, 772 

 ,, dextrose an essential part of 



food of, 863 



,, general nutrition of, 862 

 of the heart, lose little during 



starvation, 825 

 regarded as chief sources of 



heat, 845 

 ,, skeletal, action of supra-renal 



bodies on, 802, 803 

 ,, form nearly half the 



body, 824 

 ,, ,, loss during starvation, 



825 

 ,, ,, proteid metabolism of, 



786 



,, supply of oxygen in, 610, 613 

 Muscular bundles of oesophagus, 417, 483 

 ,, coat of alimentary canal, 402 



of bladder, 710 

 mechanism of digestion, 478 



-495 



,, of discharge from 



bladder, 711, 714 



,, of inspiration, 573 



-576, 615 



,, of laboured expira- 

 tion, 577 



metabolism, nature of, 864, 865 

 substance, changes produced 

 by nervous impulses, 868, 

 869 



Muscular work, conditions affecting ca- 

 pacity for, 659 

 ,, ,, heat-production in body 



increased by, 851 

 ,, ,, in relation to diet, 885 



,, ,, production of carbonic 



acid increased by, 843 

 ,, ,, urea in relation to, 843 



Muscularis mucosse of oesophagus, 417 

 ,, of small intestine, 



467 



,, of small intestine, 



contraction of 

 fibres changing 

 form of villi, 473 



