INDEX. 



641 



Maintenance or assimilation, nature 



of the process. See Growth, 

 nutritive, 299 

 of blood, 84 

 Male sexual functions, 573 



voice. 483 

 Malleus, 529 



function of, 539 

 Malpighian bodies, 350, 352 



capsules. 350-353 

 Mammary glands, 613 

 Manganese, an accidental element, 26 

 Marginal fibro-cartilages, 45 

 Marrow of bone, 46 

 Mastication, 209 



fifth nerve supplies muscles of, 



428 



Mastoid cells, 528 

 Matrix of cartilage, 43 



of nails, 341 

 Meatus of ear, 527 



urinarius, opening of in female, 



563 

 Mechanical irritation, violent, effect 



on nerves, 378 



Meconium, biliary principles in, 263 

 Medulla of bone, 46 



of hair, 340 



Medulla oblongata, 402, 409 

 analogy to spinal cord, 405 

 columns of, 403 



distribution of fibres of, 404 

 conduction of impressions in, 405 

 congested in asphyxia, 186 

 decussation of fibres in, 404, 405 

 development of, 603 

 effects of injury arid disease of, 



406 



fibres of, how distributed, 404 

 functions of, 405 

 important to maintenance of life, 



405 

 influence on deglutition, 407 



on respiration, 185, 406, 408 

 on speech, 408 



maintenance of power in, 408 

 as a nerve-centre, 405 

 pyramids of, anterior, 404 



posterior, 405 

 reflecting power of, 406 

 sensation and voluntary power 



not seated in, 408 

 structure of, 402 

 Medullary portion of kidney, 350 



substance of lymphatic glands. 



283 



substance of nerve -fibre, 369 

 Membrana decidua, 591 

 granulosa. 563 



development of into corpus 

 luteum, 672 



Membrana lituitanp, 502 



propria. See Basement-mem- 

 brane. 



pupillaris, 605 

 capsulo-pupillaris, 605 

 tympani, 527 



office of, 537, 539 

 Membrane, blastodermic, 581 

 Jacob's, 502 

 ossification in, 50 

 primary or basement. See Base- 

 ment-membrane, 

 vitelline, 564, 579 

 Membranes, mucous. See. Mucous 



Membranes. 

 Membranes, serous. See Serous 



Membranes. 

 Membranes, passage of fluids through, 



294 



secreting, 314 



Membranous labyrinth, 529, 532 

 Memory, relation to cerebral hemi- 

 spheres, 420 

 Menstruation, 568 



analogous with heat, 569 

 coincident with discharge of ova, 



568 



corpus luteum of, 571 

 phenomena of, 569 

 time of appearance and cessation, 



569 

 Menstrual discharge, composition of, 



569 

 Mental derangement, 421 



exertion, effect on heat of bod}', 



198 



on phosphates in urine, 366 

 faculties, development of in pro- 

 portion to brain, 420 

 theory of special localization 



of, 421-424 

 field of vision, 514 

 Mercury, absorption of, 298, 347 

 Mesenteric arteries, contraction of, 



120 



veins, blood of, 79 

 Meshes of capillary network, 134 

 Mesocephalon, 409 

 Metallic substances, absorption of by 



skin, 347 



Mezzosoprano voice, 483 

 Micturition, action of spinal cord in, 



399 

 Milk, as food, 200 



properties of. 615 

 secretions, 614 

 Milk-globules. 615 

 Milk-teeth, 54 

 Mind, cerebral hemisphere the organs 



of, 420-422 

 influence on action of heart, 111 



