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A MANUAL OF VETERINARY PHYSIOLOGY 



Meibomian glands, 554 

 Melanin, 302 

 Membrana basilaris, 579 

 granulosa, 697 

 nictitans, 531 

 tectoria, 579 



tympani (tympanum), 577 

 Membrane of Reissner, 578 

 Mendelism, 732 

 Menstruation, 690, 691, 708 

 Mercurial air pump, 122 

 Mesentery, 212 

 Mesoblast, 706 



tissues from, 706 

 Metabolism, 349. See also Nutrition 

 Meta-protein, 755 

 Methaemoglobin, 12 

 Metcestrum, 688 

 Meynert, cells of, 541 

 Micrococcus ureae, 322 

 Micturition, 341 



position during, 342 

 Mid-brain, 476 



cerebral peduncles, 476 

 corpora quadrigemina (colli- 

 culi), 458, 477 

 division of, 458 

 function of, 476, 477 

 Middle ear, 577 



Milk, analysis of, various animals, 

 728 

 average secretion, 727 

 clotting, 190 

 colostrum, 726, 729 

 composition of, 727 

 daily loss due to, 728 

 fats in, 728 

 fermentation, 190, 729 

 mammary glands, changes in 



cells of, 726 

 proteins, 727, 728 

 salts of, 729 

 secretion, cause, 725 

 phenomena, 726 

 sugar, 211, 288, 729, 761. See 



also Lactose 

 uterine, 721 

 Millon's reaction, 755 

 Mind, influence on digestion, 210 

 Mitosis, 700 

 Mitral valves, 34 

 Moderator band, 32, 34 

 Molars, 153 



Monakow, bundle of, 481 

 Mon-amino bodies, 255, 752 

 Monkey, dicestrous cycles, 690 

 Mono-basic mon-amino acids, 752 

 Monocular vision, 549 

 Moncestrous mammals, 688 

 Monosaccharides, 761 

 Mcore's test, 762 



Morphia, absorption of, 281 

 Mosso's ergograph, 404 

 Moss fibres, 480 

 Motor area, cerebrum, 494, 553 



areas, herbivora, 497 



oculi nerves, 484, 514, 517, 522, 

 525, 548 



paralysis, 494 

 Motorial sense, 571. See also Muscle 



sense 

 Mouth, digestion in, 153 



movements of, 157 

 Movements of the intestines, 224 

 Mucigen, 171 



Mucin, 163, 175, 186, 279, 335, 755 

 Mule, chestnut of, 313 



obstinacy of, 509 



sweating of, 307 

 Multiple births, 714, 724 

 Murmur, respiratory, 143 

 Muscarine, 56, 757 

 Muscle, 584 



absolute power of, 403 



antagonism of, 391, 456, 585, 

 586, 591 



atrophy of, 431, 440 



changes in active and resting, 

 408 



chemical composition of, 416 

 engine, 405 



closing contraction, 395, 431 



' condition,' 142, 413, 415 



contractility, 392, 430, 431 



contraction, cause of, 392, 411 



contracture, 399 



co-operation of, 587, 588,- 590, 



591 

 current of action, 407 



of rest, 406 

 currents, 405 



diphasic variation, 407 



negative variation, 406 



of injury, 406 

 curves, 396 



diphasic variation, 407 

 education, 413, 414, 415 

 elastic tension, 401, 402, 419, 615 

 elasticity of, 401, 615 

 electric phenomena, 405, 427, 



430, 431, 432 

 energy liberated by, 157, 248, 



404, 405, 411, 413 

 extensibility, 401 

 fatigue, 397.412, 413. 615 

 fibres, 388 



fibrillar contraction, 47, 399 

 fibrous strengthening of, 391, 



592 

 function of, 589 

 glycogen, 247, 259, 409, 418 

 heart, 31, 392. See also Heart 



