INDEX. 



1565 



Colour blindness, Hering's theory of, 



1240 



,, ,, absolute, 1243 



Colours, complementary, 1227 

 ,, primary, 1229 

 ,, of arterial and venous blood, 



553-565 



Columns of spinal cord, 858 

 Combustion of various foods, rates of, 



compared, 802 



Connective tissue, structure of, 187 

 ,, ,, corpuscles, 189 



"loose," 188 

 action of gastric juice on, 



374 



,, ,, retiform or reticular, 443 

 ,, ,, in relation to lymphatic 



vessels, 481 

 ., ,, ,, to lymph spaces, 485, 



486 

 Constant current, its action, 126 



,, as compared with in- 



duction shock, 134 

 Commissure, inferior optic, 1074 

 Commissures of cord, anterior and pos- 

 terior, 858, 863 

 Cones of retina, 1200 et sup. 



,, ,, approximate dimensions 



of, 1219 



Coni vasculosi of testis, 1503 

 Conjunctiva, structure of, 1311 

 Consciousness, its connection with ner- 

 vous action, 911 

 Consonants and vowels, 1472 



,, manner of formation, 1475 

 ,, classification of, 1476 

 Constriction of arteries, 307 



,, of pupil a reflex act, 1175 



Constrictor fibres, 312 

 Contour, double, of nerve fibre, 114 

 Contractile tissues, the, 54-167 



,, material of muscle tissue, 153 

 Contractility, 56. 166 

 Contraction of muscle, movements of 



body due to, 54 

 ,, simple and tetanic, 58 



graphic method of record- 



ing, 58 



,, simple, phenomena of, 68 



tetanic, 78, 82 



,, of skeletal muscles tetanic 



in character, 81, 1066 

 ,, wave of, 86 



visible changes of muscle 



during, 91 



nature of act of, 94, 151 

 ,, chemical changes due to, 



102 



,, heat given out during, 104 



,, making and breaking, 126 



influence of nature of 



stimulus on, 136 



prolonged, of red muscle, 



140 



Contraction, as influenced by load, 



141 



,, idio-muscular, 143 



,, exhausting effects of the 



products of. 150 

 ,, result of chemical changes 



in, 151 



of unstriated muscle, 159 



,, peristaltic, 159 



,, spontaneous, 160 



,, tonic, 162 



,, relation of amoeboid move- 



ments to, 166 

 ,, of arterial muscular fibre, 



313 



,, of heart, auricular and ven- 



tricular synchro- 

 nous, 252 



,, ,, features of, 286 



,, of villus, 519 



Contractions, peristaltic, in plain muscu- 

 lar tissue, 159 

 of ureter, 664, 680 

 of bladder, 682 

 of the stomach, 459 

 of the intestine, 465 

 of gall-bladder and 



duct, 708 

 rhythmical, of spleen tissue, 



741 



,, ,, of the uterus "during 



pregnancy, 1533 



,, during 'labour,' 



1534 

 ,, ,, ,, after parturition, 



1536 

 ,, ,, ,, intrinsic nature 



of, 1538 

 ,, of the abdominal walls, 464, 



1535 

 Contrast visual, simultaneous, 1264 



,, ,, successive, 1266 



Conus medullaris, 878 

 Convulsions, anasmic, how produced, 607 

 Co-ordination of movements, machinery 



of, in birds, 1009 

 ,, ,, machinery of, in 



mammals, 1011 

 ,, machinery of, in 



man, 1012 



,, ,, parts of middle 



brain concerned 

 in, 1019 



of ocular movements, 1286 



,, ,, ,, nervous mecha- 



nism govern- 

 ing, 1289 

 Cord, spinal, 169, 849928 



general features, 856 

 white matter, structure, 859 

 ,, tracts of, delimita- 

 tion of, 869, 872 

 neuroglia, 859, 860 



,, structure, 862 



