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Maltase 258 Megakaryocytes 88, 102 immunological 94
Ma Maltose 246, 258 Meiosis 306 knowledge 336
Maltotriose 246, 258 Meiotic division, spermatocyte loss 336
Mg Mammary glands 292 306 motoric 326
Mammatropic hormone ! pro- first, ovum 300 short-term 336, 368
lactin second, ovum 308 Menaquinone (Vitamin K 2) 260
Manganese (Mn) 226 Meissner’s corpuscles 314 Menarche 298
Mannitol, osmotic diuresis 172 Meissner’s plexus (plexus sub- Menopause 298, 302
Mannose-6-phosphate 12, 14 mucous) 244 Menses 280, 298f.
Mannose-binding protein (MBP) α-Melanocortin (= α-MSH = α- Menstrual cycle 224, 298, 300,
96 melanotropin) 230, 303
MAO (monoamine oxidase) 86 269, 280 body temperature 224, 298
MAP kinase (mitogen-activated Melanocortin receptor (MC4 hormonal control 300
protein kinase) 276 receptor) 230 interactions 300
Margination 94 Melanocytes 280 Menstruation 280, 298f.
Masking, sound 362 Melanocyte-stimulating Mercapturic acid 250
Masklike facial expression 326 hormone ! Merkel’s cells 314
melanotropin
Mesencephalon 310
Mass, units 374
Abbreviations Mass actions, law 379 α-Melanocyte-stimulating Mesentery 244
hormone (α-MSH)
Messenger, first (! also hor-
Mass concentration 376
Mass movement, large intestine
230, 269, 280
mones) 268, 274
Melanopsin 334
264
ribonucleic acid ! mRNA
second 268, 274
Mast cells 104, 256
Melanotropin (α-MSH) 230, 269,
allergy 100
280
substances 266
third 268
Index, Maturation, influence of thyroid release-inhibiting factor ! Metabolic alkalosis, 142
melanostatin
hormones 288
sexual 298, 306
rate 226, 228
releasing hormone !
Matrix, extracellular 14 melanoliberin basal (BMR) 226
Maximal breathing capacity Melatonin 334 total 226
(MBC) 118 second messenger 274, 276 Metabolism, amino acids 158
Maximum diastolic potential Membrane bone 174, 292
(MDP) 192 apical 18 carbohydrate 282, 296
MBC (maximal breathing capac- basolateral 18, 162, 180 energy 72, 284
ity) 118 capacity, nerve 48 glucose 282, 296
MBP (mannose-binding protein) conductance 32 heart 210
96 fractional 32 iron 90
M cells, mucosal epithelium 232 electric properties 42, 52 lipids 254, 282
MCH (mean corpuscular function 2 muscle 254
+
hemoglobin) 88f., permeability for K 46, 180 Metarhodopsin I 348
89 C influence of cyclic AMP Metarhodopsin II 348, 352
MCHC (mean corpuscular 274 phosphorylation 350
+
hemoglobin concen- for Na 46, 56, 162 Metastasization 30
tration) 88, 89 C postsynaptic 42, 50 Met enkephalin 234
MCV (mean corpuscular volume) potential 32, 44, 48 Methan, intestine 264
88, 89 C hair cells 366 Methemoglobin (MetHb) 128
MDR1 (multidrug resistance pro- photosensors 354 reductase 128
tein 1) 250 renal tubule 156 Methionine 174, 226
MDR3 250 smooth muscle 70 Methotrexate 260
Measles 94 presynaptic 42, 50 5-Methyltetrahydrofolic acid 260
Mechanosensors, skin 314, 316 proteins, glycosylation 12 Methopyrapone 294
Medial geniculate body 368 synthesis 12 Metopyrone 294
Mediators 268 structure 14 Mg 2+ 178, 262, 274
Medications, bile excretion 248 transport 16ff. absorption, intestine 262
Medulla, adrenal 272 active 26f. inhibition of Ca 2+ channels, 50
oblongata 132, 310, 322 carrier-mediated 22f. CNS 336
circulatory “center” 214 intracellular 16 excretion, renal 178
rhythm generator, respira- nonionic 22 plasma concentration 178
tion 132 paracellular 18 renal reabsorption 156, 172,
vomiting center 238 passive 20 178
MEG (magnetoencephalography) potential, driving force 22, sensors, kidney 178
418 332 32 mGLU-receptors, second mes-
Mega- (multiple of a unit) 373 Memory 336 senger 274, 276
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