An American text-book of physiology / by Henry P. Bowditch [and others]., edited by William H. Howell.

  • Howell, William H. (William Henry), 1860-1945.
Date:
1897 [©1896]
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    Musclrs, ort'iitin «>f, 279 ett'ect of electric current upon, 68 endurance of, cU-lined, 80 enforced rest of, etlect of, 81 expinitory, cliief, 525 actioUfi of, 515 eye, 745, 74G nerve-supply of the, 746 fatigue of, etlect of, 7li glycotieu in, value of, 270 inspiratory and expiratory, chief, 506, 513 intercostal, actions of, exemplitied, 510-512 functions of, 510, 512, 513, 515 intestinal, histology of, 320 intrinsic laryngeal, actions and origin of, 8()6-8(!8 involuntary, delined, 33 jaw, innervation of, mode of, 310 laryngeal, intrinsic, 86t>-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 jjroccsses of, 73, 74 quadrati luniborum, function of, 507, 513 reaction of. to electric current, 57 rectiil, 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 apj)earance of, after contraction, 104 contractions of, diflerences in duration of. 106 excitation of, rate of, 122 function of, 98 properties of, optical, during rest and action, 102 structure of, 102-104 ten.sion of. sense-perception of the, 844 thoracic, 512, 513 triangulares sterni, function of, 515 uterine, 895 use and disuse of, efiect of, 80 voluntary, defined, 3.3 Muscles and nerves, changes in. influenced by the eflects of batterj* 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 efiect of influences which result from func- tional activity of, 76 —ett'ect of enforced rest, 81 Muscles and nerves: —eflect of use and disuse, 80 —fatigue of muscles, 76 —fatigue of nerves, 79 irritabilitv of, conditions which determine the, 64 etfect of heat and cold on the, 66 transmission of excitation to, by end-organs, H5 Muscular activity, dyspncua of, 552 eflict of, on tiie resi)iratory quotient, 546 influence of, on body-temperature, 578 influence of, on heat-dissiiiation, 595 on the volume of gases respired, .541 mechanisms, s])ecial ])liysiology of, 85.5-877 Musical note, highest, number of impulses pro- ducing the, 778 Mydriatics, 771 Myogram, the, 50, 101 of simple muscle-contraction, 101 Myogniph, 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 Nativk 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, eflect of mechanical stimulation on, 93 end-organs of, importance of. 839 glosso-pharyngeal, excitation of the, eflect on respiratory movements of, 570 irritation of, chemical, 40 conditions determining the eflect of, 42 electrical, 40 mechanical, 40 temperatural, 47 thermal, 40 layngeal, superior, excitation of the, eflect of^ on respiratory movements, 570 of Jacobson, 159 olfactory, 682 optic, 679 relations of afferent fibres in the, 680 pressure upon a. irritating eflect of. 47 reaction of a, eflect of making and breaking induction shocks on the, 49 relation of the strength of a current to the irritating eflect upon a. test of. 54 sen.sory, excitation of, efl'ect 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 jiressurc on the. 93 excifcition of the, eflect of ice-water on the,66 vagus, of the dog, morphology of, 450 Nerve and mn.scle protoplasm, resemblance of, 30, 37 Nerve-cell, anatomical characteristics of, 607 bodies, sizes and shai>es of, 607, 608 volume relations of, 608 body, im])ulses on the, effect of, 622 metabolism of. 6C<» points of the. at which the nerve-impulse can be aroused, 624 shape of, sigTiificance of, 622 structure of, 608 chemical changes in, 626 defined, 607 fatigue of, influence of, 628