772 



INDEX. 



M. 



Macula germinativa, 636 

 Magnesium, 753 

 Male sexual functions, 652 

 Malleus, 569 



function of, 577 



Malpighian bodies or corpuscles of kid- 

 ney, 354 



capsules, 354 



corpuscles of spleen, 385 et seq. 

 Maltose, 236, 750 

 Mammalia, 



blood-corpuscles of, 72 



brain of, 509 

 Mammary glands, 335 



evolution, 336 



involution, 337 



lactation, 337 



structure, 335 

 Mandibular arch, 682 

 Manganese, 753 

 Manometer, 145 



experiments on respiratory power with, 



184 



Marrow of bone, 44 

 Mastication, 230 



centre, 496 



fifth nerve supplies muscles of, 230 



muscles of, 230 

 Mastoid cells, 568 

 Matrix of cartilage, 40 

 Mature corpuscles, 



origin of, 92 

 Meatus of ear, 568 



venosus, 687 



urinarius, opening of, in female, 640 

 Meckel's cartilage, 682 

 Meconium, 283 

 Medulla of bone, 44 

 Medulla oblongata, 491 et seq. 



columns of, 491 



conduction of impressions, 495 



decussation of fibres, 492 



effects of injury and disease of, 495 



fibres of, how distributed, 492 



functions of, 495 et seq. 



important to life, 495 



nerve-centres in, 495 



pyramids of, anterior, 491, 492 

 posterior, 491, 492 



structure of, 491 



Medullary portion of kidney. See Kid- 

 ney. 



folds, 664 



groove, 664 



plate, 664 



substance of lymphatic glands, 306 



substance of nerve fibre, 451 

 Meissner's plexus, 260 

 Melanin, 745 

 Membrana decidua, 674 



granulosa, 636 



development of into corpus luteum, 

 649 



Membrana limitans externa, 589 

 interna, 590 



propria or basement membrane.' See 

 Basement Membrane. 



pupillaris, 701 

 capsulo-pupillaris, 701 



tympani, 568 



office of, 577 

 Membrane, blastodermic, 659 



of the brain and spinal cord, 472 



ossification in, 49 



primary or basement See Basement 

 membrane. 



vitelline, 637 

 Membranes of brain, 472 

 Membranes, mucous, 328. See Mucous 



membranes. 



Membranes, passage of fluids through, 

 311. See Osmosis. 



secreting, 326 

 Membranes, serous, 326. See Serous 



membranes. 



Membranous labyrinth. See Ear. 

 Memory, relation to cerebral hemispheres, 



511 et seq. 

 Menstrual discharge, composition of, 



648 

 Menstruation, 646 



coincident with discharge of ova, 647 



corpus luteum of, 649 



time of appearance and cessation, 649 

 Mercurial air-pump, 82 

 Mercurial manometer, 145 

 Mercury, absorption of, 352 

 Mesencephalon, 698 

 Mesoblast, 661 

 Mesocephalon, 698 

 Metallic substances, absorption of, by 



skin, 352 



Metencephalon, 698 

 Methsemoglobin, 86 

 Mezzo-soprano voice, 444 

 Micro-organisms, 272 

 Micturition, 382 

 Milk, as food, 211 < 



chemical composition, 338 



properties of, 339 



secretion of, 337 

 Milk-curdling ferments, 339 

 Milk-globules, 338 

 Milk-teeth, 221 et seq. 

 Millon's reagent, 734 

 Mind, cerebral hemispheres the organs of , 



511 



Mitral valve, 104 

 Modiolus, 572 

 Molecules, or granules, 4 



in blood, 70 



in milk, 338 



movement of, in cells, 4 

 Molars. See Teeth. 

 Molecular base of chyle, 308 

 Morphological development, 12 

 Motor centres, 516 

 Motion, ciliary, 25 



