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INDEX 



Vein or veins, deep, 210, 211, 



215 



description of, 210 

 elasticity of, 189 

 facial, 212 

 femoral, 215 

 function of, 185, 189 

 of heart, 211 

 iliac, common, 215 



left, 215 



right, 215 

 innominate, 211 

 jugular, external, 211 



internal, 211 

 mesenteric, inferior, 216 



superior, 216 

 peroneal, 215 

 plexus, venous, 211 

 popliteal, 215 

 portal, 215 



system of, 215 



tributaries of, 216 



veins forming, 216 

 pulnumary, 179, 180 

 pyloric, 216 

 radial, 213 

 saphenous, long, 215 



short, 215 

 sinus, coronary, 211 



venous, 211 

 structure of, 185 

 subclavian, 213 

 superficial, 210, 212, 215 

 systemic, 210 

 temporal, 212 

 temporomaxillary, 212 

 tibial, 215 

 ulnar, 213 



upper extremity, 212 

 valves of, 189 

 Vena cava, inferior, 213 



superior, 211 



comites, 211, 215 



Venous circulation, 189 



pressure of blood in, 191 

 Ventral cavity of body, 18 

 Ventricles of brain, 362 

 of heart, 178, 179 

 of larynx, 237 

 Venules, 189 



function of, 189 

 Vermiform appendix, 269 

 Vernix caseosa (newborn), 327 

 Vertebra or vertebrae, 76 

 description of, 75 

 names of divisions of, 72 

 number of, 72 



Vrrt.rbral column as a whole, 72 

 bones of, 72 



Vertebral, curvatures in, 73 



length of, 74 



Vertex of skull, bones of, 71 

 Vesicle, blastodermic, 40 

 Vestibule of internal ear, 411 



of vagina, 419 

 Vibrations, 414 



effect upon ear-drum, 414 



relation to hearing, 414, 415 

 Villi, function of, in relation to 

 absorption, 287 



relation to digestion, 287 



of small intestines, 287 



structure, 287 



Vision, parts of eye-ball concerned 

 with, 403, 404 



refracting apparatus in, 404 

 Vital capacity of lungs, 246 

 Vitelline membrane, 35 

 Vitellus, 35, 420 

 Vitreous humor (eye-ball), 401 

 Vocal cords, false, 237 



true, 238 

 Voice, production of, 238 



vocal sounds in, 238 

 Volumes of air breathed during 

 respiration, 245 



complemental, 240 



reserve, 246 



residual, 246 



tidal, 245 

 Voluntary striated muscle tissue, 



117 



Vomer, 66 

 Vulva of vagina, 417 



WASTE products, elimination by 



skin. 323, 328 

 in sweat, 328 

 in urine, 319, 321 

 Water in body, 25 

 Wharton's duct, 258 

 White fibrous tissue, 48 



cells of blood. See Corpus- 

 cles, 220 



Windpipe. See Trachea, 238 

 Wirsung's duct, 301 

 Wrisberg, cartilage of (larynx), 



236 

 Wrist, bones of, 90 



YELLOW body (corpus luteum), 

 426 



