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INDEX. 



Mast-cells, 443 

 Mastication, 713 

 Mathematical perspective, 377 

 Mean blood-pressure, 494 

 Medulla oblongata, 245 

 physiology of, 875 

 respiratory center in, 685 

 Medullary striae, 215 



tissue, functional significance of, 878 

 Meionectic blood, 679 

 Mendelian law of inheritance, 997 

 Meningeal spaces, 626 

 Menstruation, 967 



effect of, on other functions, 971 

 physiological significance of, 971 

 Mercury manometer, use of, for blood- 

 pressures, 489 

 Mesectic blood, 679 

 Metabolism, definition of, 891 



intermediary, of carbohydrates, 909 

 of fats, 915 

 of nucleoproteins, 851 

 of proteins, 895 

 Metaproteins, 1016 

 Metathrombin, 464 

 Methemoglobin, 435 

 Methylglyoxal, 907 

 Methylpurins, 851 

 Microphage, 444 

 Micturition, physiology of, 856 

 Milk, composition of, 985 

 Millon's reaction for proteins, 1012 

 Minimal air, 654 

 Miosis, definition of, 328 

 Molisch reaction for proteins, 1013 

 Monakow's bundle, 180 

 Motor aphasia, 219 

 areas of brain, 196 

 paths in spinal cord, 178 

 points in man, 92 

 Mountain sickness, 706 

 Movements of alimentary canal, defe- 

 cation, 733 

 deglutition, 713 

 large intestine, 731 

 mastication, 713 

 small intestine, 725 

 stomach, 720 

 vomiting, 735 

 Mucin in saliva, 755 

 Muscarin, action of, on heart, 589 

 on iris, 328 

 on sweat-glands, 864 

 Muscle, absolute power of, 39 

 action current of, 102 

 artificial stimulation of, 24 

 carbohydrates of, 63 

 cardiac, properties of, 58, 573 

 chemical changes of, in contrac- 

 tion, 66 



composition of, 61 

 compound contractions of, 41 



Muscle, contraction of, 25 



wave of, 35 

 contracture of, 32 

 curve of work of, 40 

 death rigor, 52 

 demarcation current of, 95 

 direct irritability of, 23 

 disappearance of glycogen in, 67 

 effect of temperature upon, 29 



of veratrin upon, 31 

 efficiency of, as work-machine, 38 

 energy liberated in, 36 

 Engelmann's artificial, 72, 73 

 enzymes of, 65 

 ergographic records from, 47 

 extensibility and elasticity of, 20 

 fatigue of, 35 49, 70 

 glycogen of, 828 

 heat rigor of, 52 

 inorganic salts of, 65 

 introductory contractions of, 34 

 isotonic and isometric contractions 



of, 28 



lactic acid of, 64 



latent period of contraction of, 27 

 maximal and submaximal contrac- 

 tions of, 29 



myogenic tonus of, 57 

 neurogenic tonus of, 57 

 nitrogenous extractives of, 61, 64 

 number of stimuli necessary for 



tetanus, 45 

 pale fibers in, 19, 26 

 pigments of, 65 

 plain, 55 

 plasma, 19, 61 



production of carbon dioxid in, 65 

 proteins of, 61 

 red fibers in, 19, 26 

 sarcoplasm, 19 

 simple contraction of, 25 

 smooth, 55 

 stroma, 62 

 structure of fiber, 18 



by polarized light, 19 

 summation of contractions of, 43 

 theories of nature of contraction, 



72 



tone of, during contraction, 44 

 tonicity of, 51 

 vasomotor supply of, 637 

 voluntary contractions of, 45 

 white and red fibers of, 19 

 Muscle-sense, cortical area for, 203 

 importance of, in visual judgments, 



377 



paths for, in spinal cord, 172, 174 

 quality of, 289 



Muscular contraction, electrical varia- 

 tion in, 105 



intermediary chemical products 

 in, 66 



