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Man, compression effects on, 308 



decompression effects on, 308 

 Manometer, Hiirthle's spring, 188 



mercurial, arrangement of, for record- 

 ing blood-pressure, 187 



Manubrium sterni, 285 



respiratory movements of, 286 



Marchi method of staining, 577 

 Marching, 499 



Mastication, movements of, 407 

 Meat, 354 



cooked, composition and value of, 352 

 Meatus, external auditory, stimulation of, 



295 

 Medulla oblongata, 688 



formation of, 688 



functions of, 695 



section of, 690, 691 

 Medullated nerves, 570 

 Medusa, tentaculocyst of, 654 

 Meiotic division of cells, 762 

 Meissner's corpuscles, 586 

 Membranes, semi-permeable, 21 



action of, 25 



Mesencephalon, 706 

 Mesonephros, 475 

 Metabolism, 325 



during starvation, 333 



methods, 325 



of carbohydrate, 426 



of fat, 436 



of lecithin, 441 



of nuclein, 443 



of protein, 421 



protein excess with, 339 



special, 421 



varying conditions of, 341 

 Metanephros, 474 

 Metaprotein, 43 



Metaproteins, acid and alkali, 50 

 Methfemoglobin, 93 



Microscope, projection, side elevation of, 



562 



Microtonometer, Krogh's, 270 

 Micturition, act of, 483 

 Mid-brain, 706 



red nuclei of, 707 



section of, 707 

 Milk, 353 



composition and value of, 349, 352 



fats of, 353 



flow from nipple of cat, 522 



human, colour of, 359 

 composition of, 359 



secretion of, 358 

 Mind, 732 



Mineral salts, lack of, 335 

 Mitosis, 757 

 - heterotype, 762 

 Molecular complexity, law of, 16 

 Molisch's test, 62 

 Mouakow tract, 670 

 M onocarboxylic acid, 36 

 M onosaccharides, 59 

 Moore's test, 60 

 M otion, tissue of, 525 



Motor area, effects of ablation of, 721 



lamination of. 725 



decussation, 670 



impulse, velocity of, 581 

 Mouth, digestion in, 371 



shape of, in sounding vowels, 745 

 Movement, mechanism of, 525 

 Movements of body, lever principle*. ">25 



of heart, 144 



in situ, 151 



Mtiller's law, 585 



Muscarine, injection of, effect upon dog's 



heart, 175 

 Muscle, activity of, 546 



arteriole, pressor afferent impulses 

 affecting, 231 



board, 539 



cardiac, 532 



change in form of, 539 



chemical changes in, 552 

 induced by activity, 557 



chemical constitution of, 555 



chemistry of, changes in, 555 



ciliary, 603 



contraction of, 539 



apparatus for recording, 540 



conditions affecting, 545 



Frog's gastrocnemius, 541 



period, 543 



- period and movements of levers on 

 544 



superposition, 548 



differentiation of, 530 



electromotive properties of, 559 



excitability of, 533 



extensibility of, 532 



fatigue of, 546 



inhibition of, 678 



injuries of, by electricity, 560 



irritability of, 533 



laryngeal, 743 



lateral orico-arytenoid, 743 



of rabbit, contractions of, 541 



physical properties of, 530, 532 



posterior crico-arytenoid, 742 



reciprocal excitation, 678 



relation of, 545 " 



rhythmicity, 558 



section of sucker catastonius, 531 



smooth, 532; 558 



spontaneous movements of, 551 



stimulation of, 561 



stimulus of, 545 



structure of, 530 



thermal changes in, 552 



time of contraction , 542 



tonus, 558 



unloaded, contractions of, 542 

 Muscular activity, mechanism of, 554 



tissue, 5 



" tone,". 551 



Mutton, composition and value of, 348 



fat, melting-point of, 438 

 Myelination, evidence of, 727 

 Myogen, 555, 556 



fibrin, insoluble, 556 







