INDEX. 



441 



Medal a oblongata, cardiac effect of sti- 

 mulation of, 295 

 ,, centre for nerves of taste 



in, 321 



,, for vaso-motor im- 



pulses in, 321-323 

 ,, for secretion of sa- 



liva, 398 



,, ,, ,, for deglutition, 455 



for vomiting, 461 



,, ,, ,, for respiration, 585 



,, ,, effect on blood-pressure of 



successive sections of, 326 

 ,, ,, antero-lateral nucleus in, 



327 

 ,, diabetic area of, 730 



see also Bulb. 



Meibomian glands, 693, 1312 

 Meissner, plexus of, 441 

 Melting point of various fats, 772 

 Membrana pupillaris, absorption of be- 

 fore birth, iv. 5 

 ,, tyrnpani, iv. 179, 191 

 ,, tectoria, iv. 221 

 Membrane, elastic, of arteries, 193 

 fenestrated, 194 



hyaloid, iv. 29 



Membranes of the brain and cord, 1125 

 Meniere's disease, 1015 

 Menstruation, iv. 360-363 



,, causation of, iv. 362 



Mercurial gas pump, Ludwig's, 554 

 Pfliiger's, 555 



,, ,, Alvergniat's, 555 



Metabolic processes of body, 703 

 Metabolism, denned, 41 

 water of, 44 



,, increased by exercise, 349 



,, ,, by proteid food, 



785, 795, 828 



,, of muscle, products of, 752 



,, of nervous tissue, 753 



of glands, 754 



proteid, its complexity, 759 



,, nitrogenous, 794 



,, ,, products of, 827 



,, of muscle the chief source 



of heat, 808 



,, conducted in the tissues, 822 



,, its relation to structural ele- 



ments, 825 



,, course of products of, 826 



,, nervous control of, 829 



,, rapidity of, in infancy, iv. 406 



Metals, retention of, in the liver, 422 

 Metameres, hypothetical, of spinal cord, 



169, 896, 1067 



Methaemoglobin, spectrum of, 569, 570 

 M< j ynert's commissure, 1074 

 Micro-organisms, their actions in diges- 

 tion, 477 



,, in expired air, 552 

 Micro-unit of heat denned, 105, note 

 Micturition, mechanism of, 680 



Micturition, nervous mechanism of, 682 

 ,, centre for, 683 



,, voluntary and involuntary, 



684 

 Migration of the white corpuscles, 45 



,, ,, in inflammation, 337 



,, ,, aided by changes in 



vascular walls, 339 



Milk, action of gastric juice on, 371, 374 

 ,, ,, rennet, 374 



,, double mode of secretion of, 779, 



784 



,, nature of, 780 

 constituents of, 781, 782 

 uterine, 1526, iv. 381, 388 

 Millon's reagent for detection of protein, 



17 

 Mitral valves, their structure, 197 



,, their action, 230 



Molecular basis of chyle, 500 



,, where elaborated, 517 



Moll, glands of, iv. 174 

 Monro, foramen of, 931, 1127 

 Morse key, 62 



Mouth, lining membrane of, iv. 254 

 Movements of alimentary canal, 452 



469 



amoeboid, 38, 166, 337 

 ,, of lymph corpuscles, 497 

 bilateral, 1047 



of body, how accomplished, 54 



Brownian, in chyle globules, 500 



cardiac, visible, 228 



ciliary, 55, 162 



co-ordinating machinery of, 1009 



of cortical origin, how effected, 



1044 



of dog, 1035, 1056 

 ,, ,, of monkey, 1038, 



1051 

 ,, ,, of anthropoid ape, 



1043 

 'forced,' 1111, 1017 



,, from injury to optic lobes 



in frog, 1113 

 foetal, iv. 389 

 gastric, 464, 465 

 intestinal, 464, 465 

 in living bodies, 2 

 of locomotion, iv. 342 

 muscular, flow of lymph increased 



. by, 501 

 ,, heat given out during, 104, 



813 



ocular, iv. 145 

 peristaltic, 455 

 respiratory, 538 

 sense of, iv. 295 



skilled, correlation of with pyra- 

 midal tract 1048, 1052 

 voluntary, 10341069 



,, spinal mechanisms for, 914 



,, action of motor area in 



effecting, 10561058 



