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INDEX 



Lungs, 248 



absorption from, 370 



blood supply of, 252 



excretion by, 407 



interchange of gases in, 272 



loss of heat from, 436 



lymphatics of, 252 



nerves of, 252 



structure of, 249 

 Luxus consumption, 409 

 Lymph, 131 



chemical composition of, 131 



flow, 132 



formation of, 131 

 Lymphatic sheaths, peri vascular, 154 



spaces, in blood-vessels, 154 

 Lymphocyte, 100, 113 

 Lymphoid tissue, 35 

 Lytic substances, 128 



MAGNESIUM salts in the body, 94 

 Malpighian bodies, 372 

 Maltase, 303, 311, 334 

 Maltose, 92, 312 

 Mammary glands, 698 

 Manometer, 188 

 Marrow, bone, 41 

 Mastication, 303 

 muscles of, 303 

 nervous mechanism of, 304 

 Maximal stimulus, 454 

 Meat, composition of, 298 

 Meconium, 343 



Medulla oblongata, 534, 537, and see 

 Bulb 



as a conducting path, 540 



functions of, 540 



reflex centers of, 540 



section of, 531 

 Medullary sheath, 65 

 Meissner's corpuscles, 74 

 Melanin, 90 

 Membrana decidua, 693 



tympani, 616 ' 



Membranous labyrinth, 618 

 Menstrual discharge, 689 



life, 690 



Menstruation, 687 

 Mesoblast, 14 

 Mesothelium, 24 

 Metabolism, 6, 405 



Metabolism, constructive, 6 



destructive, 6 



during fasting, 414 



endogenous, 410 



exogenous, 410 



influence of ductless glands on, 



427 

 reproductive glands on, 432 



intermediate, 410 



nutrition and diet, 405 



tissue, 410 

 Metaphase, 19 

 Metaplasm, 17 

 Methemoglobin, 122 

 Microcytes, no 



Micro-organisms, action of, in intes- 

 tine*,^ 46 

 Microsomes, 8 

 Micturition, 390 



center for, 526 

 Mid-brain, 545 



Milk, composition of, 299, 699 

 Millon's reaction, 96 

 Mineral foods, 300, 419 



absorption of, in intestines, 368 

 Minimal stimulus, 454 

 Mitosis, 10, 19 

 Monaster, 19 

 Motor activities, coordinated, 475 



areas of cortex, 577, 582 

 of human brain, 581 



end-plates, 62 



impressions, 530 



-oculi nerve, 549 



tracts in human brain, 583 

 Mouth, absorption in, 362 



digestion in, 303 



in speech, 491 

 Movement, ameboid, 3 



gliding, 4 



streaming, 4 

 Movements, circus, 567 



forced, 567 

 Mucigen, 309 

 Mucin, 85, 309 

 Mucous membranes, 292 

 Mucus in urine, 384 

 Murexide test, 402 

 Muscle, blood supply of, 62 



cardiac, 61, 465, 500 



chemical changes of, 451 



