INDEX 



1167 



Mechanical theory of urinary secre- 

 tion, facts contradicting, 1068 

 Mechanistic theory of fat absorption, 



1031 



of secretions, 892 

 Media, transparent, 795 

 Mediastinum, 455 

 Medulla oblongata, 640 



as automatic center, 641 

 as reflex center, 640 

 function, 640 



Medullary sheath of nerve, 111 

 substance of nerve-fiber, 113 

 Megakaryocytes, 210 

 Megalocytes, 175 

 Meibomian glands, 809 

 Meigg's theory of muscle contraction, 



50 



Meissner, corpuscles of, 734 

 Membrana granulosa, 1130 



vestihularis, 775 

 Membrane, basal, 775 

 basilar, 772 

 manometer, 296 

 nictitating, 807 

 of Reissner, 775 

 tectorial, 777 

 tympanic, 765 



Membranous canal of cochlea, 775 

 Mendel's law, 1120 

 Mendenhall and Cannon's coagulom- 



eter, 220 



M6niere's disease, 790 

 Menopause, 1132 



Menstrual blood, coagulability of, 226 

 Menstruation, 1132 

 effect of, on arterial blood pressure, 



371 



ovulation and, relation, 1133 

 symptoms during, 1132 

 theories of cause, 1133 

 Mercury manometer, 293 

 Mesencephalon, 664 

 Mesenteric artery, inferior, 433 



superior, 433 

 Mesoporphyrin, 189 

 Metabolic function of living matter, 



20 



requirements of body, 1052 

 Metabolism, 29, 30, 985 

 effect of adrenalin on, 975 

 of age and sex on, 1054 

 of muscular exercise on, 1054 

 of sleep on, 1054 

 of temperature on, 1054 

 excessive, 1057 

 factor of growth in, 1059 

 normal, 1055 

 of carbohydrates, 1038 

 of fats, 1044 

 of proteins, 1048 



end products of, 1050 

 specific dynamic action of proteins 



in, 1059 

 Metaphase of mitosis of cell, 1111 



Metchnikoff 's phagocytosis, 39 

 Metestrum, 1133 

 Methemoglobin, 186 



spectrum of, 194 

 Methylpropylpyrrol, 189 

 Micro-calorimeter of Hill, 1092 

 Microcytes, 175 

 Microscope, examination of circulation 



by, 408 m 



Microsmatic animals, 690 

 Microtonometer, Krogh's, 491 

 Micturition, abdominal press in, 1077 



mechanism of, 1077 



reflex center for, 596, 1077 



spinal center for, 596 

 Midbrain, 663, 664 



reflex inhibition by, 589 

 Middle ear, 763, 764 

 Migration of ovum, 1135 



of spermatozoa, 1136 

 Milk, alcoholic fermentation, 901 



amount required by infant, 901 

 secreted by mother, 901 



carbohydrate, 902 



coagulation, 901 



composition, 901 



cow's, humanized, 903 



human and cows' comparison, 902, 

 903 



properties, 900 



protein, 902 



salts of, 902 



skin formation from boiling, 901 



teeth, 1001 

 Milk-curdling action of pancreatic 



juice, 996 

 of saliva, 994 

 Milk-sugar, 902 

 Mind-blindness, 688 

 Mind-deafness, 688 

 Minimal air, 481 



stimuli, 34 

 Miosis, 817 

 Mirror, plane, reflection from, 796 



spherical, 796. See also Spherical 



mirror. 

 Mitosis, 1111 

 Mitral valve, 268 

 Moderator bands, 267 

 Modiolus, 772 

 Molecular motion, Brownian, 37 



theory of current of injury, 104 

 Monakow's bundle, 616 



diaschisis effect of, 701 

 Mononuclear leukocytes, 200 

 Monosaccharides, 987 

 Monticulus of cerebellum, 706 

 Morgagni, ventricles of, 545 

 Morse's key for making and breaking 



electrical current, 61 

 Morula. 1119 



Moss fibers of cerebellum, 708 

 Mosso's ergograph, 81, 82 



plethysmograph for arm. 399 

 Motion, 36. See also Movement. 



