750 



INDEX 



Linin, 19 

 Lipase, 328, 363 

 Lipoids, tests for, 114 

 Lipolytic ferments, 328 

 Liquid foods, 326 

 Liquor sanguinis, 117 

 Liver, 364 



glycogenic function of, 443 



secretions of, 364 



structure of, 365 



urea formation in, 438 



vascular nerves for, 246 

 Lobules, 270 



Localization, cerebral, 598, 603 

 Locomotion, 505 

 Locus ceruleus, 577 

 Ludwig's theory of urine secretion, 



Lungs, 270 



absorption from, 396 



blood supply of, 274 



excretion by, 433 



interchange of gases in, 296 



loss of heat from, 466 



lymphatics of, 274 



nerves of, 275 



structure of, 271 

 Luxus consumption, 435 

 Lymph, 150 



chemical composition of, 150 



flow, 152 



formation of, 151 

 Lymphagogues, 151 

 Lymphatic sheaths, perivascular, 1 74 



spaces, in blood-vessels, 174 

 Lymphocyte, 116, 131 

 Lymphoid tissue, 36 

 Lytic substances, 146 



MAGNESIUM salts in the body, 103 

 Malpighian bodies, 399 

 Maltase, 328, 336, 360 

 Maltose, 100, 338 

 Mammary glands, 734 

 Manometer, 187, 209 

 Marrow, bone, 42 

 Mastication, 329 



muscles of, 329 



nervous mechanism of, 329 

 Maximal stimulus, 485 

 Meat, composition of, 323 

 Meconium, 369 



Medulla oblongata, 567, 570, and see 



Bulb 



as a conducting path, 573 

 functions of, 573 

 reflex centers of, 573 

 section of, 565 

 Medullary sheath, 66 

 Medullated fibers, 66 

 Meissner's corpuscles, 75 

 Melanins, 96 

 Membrana decidua, 729 



propria, 23 



tympani, 650 



Membranous labyrinth, 653 

 Menstrual discharge, 725 



life, 726 



Menstruation, 723 

 Mesoblast, 14 

 Mesothelium, 24 

 Metabolism, 6, 430 



constructive, 6 



destructive, 6 



during fasting, 441 



endogenous, 436 



exogenous, 436 



influence of ductless glands on, 



454 

 reproductive glands on, 460 



intermediate, 436 



nutrition and diet, 43 1 



tissue, 436 

 Metaphase, 20 

 Metaplasm, 18 

 Metaproteins, 95, 112 

 Methemoglobin, 139 

 Microcytes, 127 



Micro-organisms, action of, in intes- 

 tines, 372 

 Microsomes, 8 

 Micturition, 417 



center for, 558 

 Mid-brain, 567, 584 

 Milk, composition of, 324, 735 

 Millon's reaction, 107 

 Mineral foods, 325, 445 



absorption of, in intestines, 395 



acids, precipitation with, 108 

 Minimal stimulus, 485 

 Mitosis, 10, 20 

 Molisch reaction, 108 

 Monaster, 10, 20 

 Mossy fibers, 580 



