INDEX 



625 



Meissner, plexus of, 259, 268, 269, 276,442 

 Melanin, 135 

 Membrana chorii, 377 



elastica externa, 160 

 interna, 158 



limitans olfactoria, 306 



prcformativa, 246 



propria, 73 



tectoria, 588 

 Membrane, basal, 73 



cuticular, 73, 245 



glial, 148 



mucous, 223 



of Bowman, 554 



of Descemet, 556 



of Krausc, 121, 124 



of Reissner, 585 



peridental, 239 



serous, 169 



synovial, 210 

 Membranes of brain and cord, 428 

 Membranous cochlea, 584 



labyrinth, 580 



spiral lamina, 583 

 ligament, 583 

 Meninges, 428 

 Meniscus, tactile, 437 

 Menopause, 407 

 Menstrualis, decidua, 375 

 Menstruating uterus, 374 

 Menstruation, 375 

 Mercuric chlorid as a fixative, 8 

 Merkel's corpuscles, 437 

 Mesencephalic root of fifth (trigeminus) 

 cranial nerve, see Xcrves, cranial 

 V 

 Mesencephalon, 423, 523 

 Mesenchymal epithelium, 210 

 Mesenchj-me, 85 

 Mesentery, 273 

 Mesoappendix, 270 

 Mesoblast, 63 

 Mesoderm, 63 



tissue derivations from, 70, 126, 243, 

 302, 321 

 Mesonephros, 383 



derivations from, 348, 369 

 Mesophragma, 121 

 Mesothelium, 72, 80 

 Metabolism of cells, 51, 218 

 Metanephroi, 383 

 Metaphase, 56 

 40 



Metaplasm, 46 

 Metathalamus, 529 



Methods for studying fibre tracts of the 

 cord, 4O5 



atrophy, 465 



axonal degeneration, 465 



comparative anatomy, 465 



myclogenetic, 465 



physiology, 467 



secondary degeneration, 465 



von Ciuddcns, 465 

 Methyl blue, 20 



green, 20 



violet, 20 

 Methylene blue for staining nerve cells, 39 

 Meynert, decussation of, 528 



fasciculus retroflexus of, 537 



fibnc propriai of, 541 



radiations of, 547 

 Microcytes, 107 

 Micron (micromillimeter), 15 

 Micro-nucleus, 58 

 ]\Iicrosomes, 44 

 Microtome, 14 

 Midbrain, 422, 523 



aqueductus Sylvii, 523 



basis pedunculi, 523 



brachia conjunctiva, 508 



cerebral peduncles, 523, 524 



coUiculi, 423, 523 



corpora quadrigemina, 423, 499, 523, 



cranial nerves III and IV, 523, 526; 



also see Nerves, cranial 

 crura cerebri, 524 

 decussation of Forel, 527 



of Meynert, 528 

 Edinger-Westphal nucleus, 524 

 geniculate bodies of, 499, 526, 530 

 inferior brachium quadrigeminum, 



526 

 coUiculi, 523 

 internal arcuate fibres, see Internal 



arcuate fibres 

 iter, 523 



lateral peduncular fillet, 527 

 lemniscus, see Lemniscus 

 medial accessory fillet, 527 

 mesencephalic root of fifth nerve, see 



Nerves, cranial 

 optic nerve, see Nerves, II, opticus 

 pes pedunculi, 523, 527 



