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INDEX. 



Man, as a vertebrate animal, 7 

 13; place of, among vertebrates, 

 11, 13 



Mandible (inferior maxillary 

 bone), 37 



Margarin, 117 



Marrow, 49, 50; red, 50 



Maxilla (superior maxillary 

 bone), 38 



Meat extracts, 78 



Meats, cooking of, 134; nutritive 

 value of, 119 



Medulla oblougata, 289 



Medullary cavity of bone, 49, 51 



Medullary sheath of nerves, 296 



Meibomian follicles, 318 



Membranes of the brain and 

 spinal cord, 285 



Mesenteric arteries, 202 



Mesentery, 170 



Metacarpal bones, 28, 51 



Metatarsal bones, 29, 51 



Microscopic anatomy (see His- 

 tology) 



Midriff (see Diaphragm) 



Milk, as a food, 57; nutritive 

 value of, 120; sugar (lactose), 

 22, 118; teeth, 135 



Mitral valve, 201, 215 



Molar teeth, 136 



Moral deterioration due to alco- 

 hol, 361 



Morphia, 361 



Motor (efferent) nerves, 305 



Motores oculi i>erves, 291 



Mouth-cavity, 133; absorption 

 from, 166 



Movements, at joints, 63; of the 

 body, how effected, 59; in 

 space, 86 



Mucin, 164 



Mucous coat, small intestine, 146 



Mucous membrane, of air-pas- 

 sages, 236; of alimentary 

 canal, 128 



Mumps, 140 



Muscles, 59, 67; chemical com- 

 positioi of, 77; contraction of, 

 69; gross structure of, 73; his- 

 tology of, 74; how controlled, 

 72; hygiene of, 89; of arteries, 

 228; of heart, 76; af larynx. 



Muscles (Continued). 



339; of small intestine, 148; of 

 stomach, 144; origin and in- 

 sertion of, 70; papillary, 201. 

 214, 219; parts of, 67; rectus 

 abdominis, 72; special physi- 

 ology of, 80; varieties of, 71 



Muscular fibres, 74 



Muscular tissue, striped, 73; 

 plain, 74 



Muscular work, influence of 

 starvation upon, 97; source, 93 



Mustard, use of, as a food, 115 



Myopia, 327 



Myosin, 21, 77, 117 



NAILS, 271 



Narcotics, 343 



Nares, posterior, 38 



Nasal bones, 38 



Nerves, cranial, 290; kinds of, 

 294; spinal, 287 



Nerves, inferior maxillary, 292; 

 ophthalmic, 292; right phrenic, 

 212; sciatic, 299; superior max- 

 illary, 292; sympathetic, 294 



Nerve- eel Is, 297 



Nerve-centres. 282, 284; classifi- 

 cation of, 305; functions of, 

 304 



Nerve-fibres, afferent and effe- 

 rent, 305; kinds of, 295 



Nerve-ganglia, 284 



Nerve-trunks, 382; functions of, 

 304 



Nervous system, anatomy of, 

 282; properties of, 301, 312 



Neural arch, 31 



Neural cavity (see Dorsal cav- 

 ity) 



Nicotin, 363 



Ninth pair cranial (glosso pha 

 ryngeal) nerves, 293 



Nitrogen-excreting orgnns, gene- 

 ral arrangement of, 26' 



Non-oxidizable foods, 113 



Non-vascular tissues, 175 



Nucleolus, 15 



Nucleus, 15 



Nutrition, 109 



Nutritive value of different 

 foods, 119 



