INDEX 



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Mastoid cells, 701 

 Maximal stimulus, 519 

 Measures and weights, table of, 796 

 Meat, composition of, 342 

 Medulla oblongata, 605, 606, 610 



as a conducting path, 610 



connection of, with cerebrum and 

 cerebellum, 6n 



functions of, 612 



reflex centers of, 612 



tracts through, 612 

 Medullary sheath, 66 

 Medullated fibers, 66 

 Meissner's corpuscles, 75 

 Melanins, 96 

 Membrana decidua, 788 



propria, 23 



tympani, 701 



Membranous labyrinth, 704 

 Mendelian inheritance and chromosomes, 



785 



Menstrual discharge, 778 

 Menstruation, 777 

 Mesoblast, u 

 Mesothelium, 26 

 Metabolism, 7, 454 



basal rate, 478 



calories per square meter per hour, 

 478 



constructive, 7 



destructive, 7 



during fasting, 472 



endogenous, 459 



exogenous, 459 



height, weight chart, 478 



influence of ductless glands on, 482 

 of reproductive glands on, 498 



intermediate, 459 



nutrition and diet, 454 



of carbohydrates, 467 



of fats, 463 



of proteins, 458 

 Metaphase, 20 

 Meta plasm, 17 

 Metaproteins, 87, 95, 112 

 Methemoglobin, 142 

 Microcytes, 128 



Micro-organisms in intestines, 391 

 Microsomes, 9 

 Micturition, 440 



center for, 597 

 Mid-brain, 606, 623 



Milk, composition of, 343, 794 



sugar, 101 



Millon's reaction, 107 

 Mineral foods, 341, 344, 471 



absorption of, in intestines, 419 

 Minimal stimulus, 519 

 Mitosis, 19 

 Molisch reaction, 108 

 Monaster, 20 

 Monosaccharides, 99 

 Mossy fibers, 619 

 Motor areas of cortex, 639, 641 

 of human brain, 641 



end-plates, 63 



impulses, 602 



-oculi nerve, 651 



tracts in human brain, 643 

 Mouth, absorption in, 412 



digestion in, 347 



in speech, 554 

 Movement, ameboid, 3 



gliding, 5 



streaming, 4 

 Movements, circus, 623 



forced, 623 



of stomach, 374 

 Mucigen, 353 

 Mucinogen, 349 

 Mucins, 95, 353 

 Mucoids, 95, in 

 Mucous membranes, 336 

 Mucus in urine, 434 

 Murexide test, 432 

 Muscle, blood supply of, 63 



cardiac, 62, 195, 529 



chemical changes of, 516 

 composition of, 511 



coagulation of, 510 



conditions affecting irritability of, 



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conductivity of, 513 

 contractility of, 512 

 contraction of, 512, 531, 560 



phase of, 513 

 contracture, 524 

 currents, demonstration of, 516 

 development of, 59, 64, 65 

 effect of blood supply on, 522 



of drugs on, 523 



of nerve supply, 523 



of temperature on, 521 



of use on, 520 



