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INDEX 



Muscle, elasticity of, 511 



electrical phenomena of, 516 



end-plates, 63 



experiments on, 557 



ferments, 510 



in rigor mortis, 526 



involuntary, 58, 530, 569 



compared with skeletal and car- 

 diac, 531 



irritability of, 512, 519, 559 



-nerve physiology, 510 

 preparation, 558 



nerve supply of, 63 



non-striated, 58 



plain, 58 



plasma, 510 



properties of, 511 



record of contraction of, 521 



serum, 510 



skeletal, 60 



smooth, 531 



spindles, 78 



stimuli, 519 



striated, 60 



tetanus, 525, 565 



-tone, center of, 596 



voluntary, 60 



Muscular action as heat producer, 503 

 center for tone of, 596 

 contraction, 524 

 action currents, 516 

 apparatus for producing and re- 

 cording, 514 



changes in shape during, 515 

 characteristics of single, 513 

 chemical changes during, 516 

 conditions affecting character of, 



579 



co-ordinated, 524 

 differences between voluntary and 



involuntary, 530 

 effect of blood supply on, 522 

 of drugs on, 523 

 of fatigue on, 564, 561 

 of load on, 562 

 of nerve supply on, 523 

 of rate of stimulation on, 523 

 of repeated activity on, 520 

 of strength of stimulus on, 519, 



560 

 of temperature on, 521, 562, 



565 



Muscular action, effect of use on, 



520 



electrical changes during, 516 

 energy liberated during, 518 

 heat produced during, 517 

 latent period of, 514, 564 

 metabolism during, 528 

 refractory phase of, 529 

 response to stimuli in voluntary 



and involuntary, 530 

 simple, 564 



summation of contractions, 524 

 tetanic, 523, 565 

 voluntary, 523 

 contracture, 524 

 co-ordination, 524 

 energy, 518 

 sense, 681 

 tissue, 58 

 Musculi papillares, 1 73 



pectinati, 169 

 Mydriasis, 663 

 Myelin sheath, 66 

 Myelocyte, 106, 116, 134 

 Myeloplaxes, 42 



Myogenic theory of heart beat, 202 

 Myogram, 513 

 Myograph, pendulum, 563 

 Myohematin, 511 

 Myopia, 737 

 Myosin, 511 



ferment, 511 

 Myosinogen, 511 

 Myxedema, 485 



Near-point, 731, 760 

 Nephrolytic sera, 150 

 Nerve cells, 65, 572 



arrangement in spinal cord, 582 



body, 72 



characteristic of individual, 575 



functions of, 575 



in cerebral cortex, 527 



neurone theory, 573 



nutritive influence of, 575 



transmission of impulses through, 



577 



centers, 578 

 collaterals, 69 

 end-brushes, 70 

 fibers, 65, 66 



effect of battery current on, 535 



