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Index 

 u 



Umbilical Vein 



function of, 118 



V 



Valves 



semilunar, 16, 45, 116, 153 



tricuspid, 16, 101, 153 



mitral, 17 



Galen on valve of pulmonary artery, 51 



of the veins discovered by Fabricius or Silvius, 78 



of veins, their structure, arrangement, and use of, 78, 80 



Fabricius did not understand use of valves of veins, 79 



of veins compared with sigmoid valves, 82 



experiments on the arm to show action of the. and how 

 the blood moves in the veins, 82, 84 



not found in all veins, 116 



of the mesenteric veins, 116 



coronary vein has a valve at its orifice, 125 

 Veins 



pulmonary, ancient views regarding their position, 17 



near the heart, experiment of ligaturing the, 65 



of the arm, experiment on with bandages, 82, 84 



coronary. 88 



of the mesentery, the function of the, 118 



umbilical, function of, 118 



coronary vein has a valve at its orifice, 125 



experiment on, by cooling the arm, 168 



valves of the. See Valves 

 Vena cava 



of snake, experiment upon the, 65 



experiment of tying, near the heart, 129 

 Vena portce 



blood passes from the, through the liver, 118 



its branches, 128 



Harvey suggests the experiment of ligaturing it, 171 

 Ventricle 



no right ventricle if no lung, 15, 54 



the left, the principal part of the heart, 98 



