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INDEX. 



Muscles, oreatin of, 279 

 effect of electric current upon, 68 

 endurance of, defined, 80 

 enforced rest of, effect of, 81 

 expiratory, chief, 525 



actions of, 515 

 eye, 745, 746 



nerve-supply of the, 746 

 fatigue of, effect of, 76 

 glycogen in, value of, 270 

 inspiratory and expiratory, chief, 506, 513 

 intercostal, actions of, exemplified, 510-512 



functions of, 510, 512, 513, 515 

 intestinal, histology of, 320 

 intrinsic laryngeal, actions and origin of, 



866-868 



involuntary, defined, 33 

 jaw, innervation of, mode of, 310 

 laryngeal, intrinsic, 866-868 



aryteno-epiglottidian, 867, 868 

 arytenoid, 867 

 crico-arytenoid, lateral, 866 

 crico-arytenoid, posterior, 866, 867 

 crico-thyroid, 866 

 thyro-arytenoid, 868 

 levator, functions of the, 510, 513 



ani, function of, 515 



movements of the rib, controlling the, 509 

 myosin of, 1018 

 nerves of the, vaso-motor, 501 

 non-striated, 33 

 of inspiration, contraction of, action on the 



blood-flow of, 387 

 of the iris, 769 

 of the larynx, 865-868 

 of the middle ear, 814 

 of the vagina, 900 

 oxidization processes of, 73, 74 

 quadrati lumborum, function of, 507, 513 

 reaction of, to electric current, 57 

 rectal, physiology of, 324 

 recuperative power of, 77-79 

 relations between separate contractions and 



tetanus of, 123 

 scaleni, function of, 509, 513 

 serrati postici, functions of, 510-513 

 skeletal, 84 



and the venous valves, action on the blood- 

 flow of, 387 



relation of, to heat-production, 597 

 striated or striped, 33 

 appearance of, after contraction, 104 

 contractions of, differences in duration of, 



106 



excitation of, rate of, 122 

 function of, 98 

 properties of, optical, during rest and action, 



102 



structure of, 102-104 

 tension of, sense-perception of the, 844 

 thoracic, 512, 513 



triangulares sterni, function of, 515 

 uterine, 895 



ase and disuse of, effect of, 80 

 voluntary, defined, 33 

 Muscles and nerves, changes in. influenced by 



the effects of battery currents, 69 

 conduction of, protoplasmic continuity 



essential to, 82 

 in both directions, 86 

 influences which alter the rate and 



strength of the process, 92 

 isolated, 83 

 rate of, 88 



effect of influences which result from func- 

 tional activity of, 76 

 effect of enforced rest, 81 



Muscles and nerves : 



effect of use and disuse, 80 

 fatigue of muscles, 76 

 fatigue of nerves, 79 

 irritability of, conditions which determine 



the, 64 



effect of heat and cold on the, 66 

 transmission of excitation to, by end-organs, 



85 

 Muscular activity, dyspnoea of, 552 



effect of, on the respiratory quotient, 546 

 influence of, on body-temperature, 578 

 influence of, on heat-dissipation, 595 



on the volume of gases respired, 541 

 mechanisms, special physiology of, 855-877 

 Musical note, highest, number of impulses pro- 

 ducing the, 778 

 Mydriatics, 771 

 Myogram, the, 50, 101 



of simple muscle-contraction, 101 

 Myograph, 50, 51, 99 



double, experiments with the, 52 

 Myopia, 759 

 Myosin, 147, 148 

 Myotics, 771 

 Myrosin, 218 



Myxoedema, treatment of, with thyroid extracts, 

 208, 209 



NATIVE ALBUMINS, 349 

 " Negative variation current," 140 

 Nerve, auditory, 679, 818 

 chorda tympani, course of the, 159, 160 

 conductivity of, effect of stretching on, 93 

 depressor, effects of stimulation of the, 464 

 dying, effect of mechanical stimulation on, 93 

 end-organs of, importance of, 839 

 glosso-pharyngeal, excitation of the, effect on 



respiratory movements of, 570 

 irritation of, chemical, 40 

 conditions determining the effect of, 42 

 electrical, 40 

 mechanical, 40 

 temperatural, 47 

 thermal, 40 

 layngeal, superior, excitation of the, effect of, 



on respiratory movements, 570 

 of Jacobson, 159 

 olfactory, 682 

 optic, 679 



relations of afferent fibres in the, 680 

 pressure upon a, irritating effect of, 47 

 reaction of a, effect of making and breaking 



induction shocks on the, 49 

 relation of the strength of a current to the 



irritating effect upon a, test of, 54 

 sensory, excitation of, effect of mechanical, 65 

 separation of a, break in conductivity by, 82 

 stretching a, effect of, on irritability, 65 

 sympathetic, effect of stimulation of the, 467 

 ulnar, effect of pressure on the, 93 



excitation of the, effect of ice-water on the,66 

 vagus, of the dog, morphology of, 450 

 Nerve and muscle protoplasm, resemblance of, 



30, 37 



Nerve-cell, anatomical characteristics of, 607 

 bodies, sizes and shapes of, 607, 608 



volume relations of, 608 

 body, impulses on the, effect of, 622 

 metabolism of, 620 

 points of the, at which the nerve-impulse 



can be aroused, 624 

 shape of, significance of, 622 

 structure of, 608 

 chemical changes in, 626 

 defined, 607 

 fatigue of, influence of, 628 



