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INDEX. 



Labyrinth of the ear, 675. 



membranous, 678. 



osseous, 676. 



function of, 689. 

 Lacteals, 349. 



absorption by, 363. 



contain lymph in fasting, 358. 



origin of, 350. 



structure of, 353. 



in villi, 308, 363. 

 Lactic acid in blood, 83. 



in gastric fluid, 275. 

 Lactiferous ducts, 784. 

 Lacuna of bone, 47, 48. 

 Lamellae of bone, 48. 

 Lamina spiralis, 677. 



use of, 691. 

 Lamina? dorsales, 743, 760. 



viscerales or ventrales, 745, 761. 

 Language, how produced, 619. 

 Large intestine. Sec Intestine. 

 Laryngeal nerves, 557. 

 Larynx, construction of, 606. 



influence of pneumogastrie nerve 

 on, 558-561. 



irritation referred to, 485. 



muscles of, 609. 



variations in according to sex and 

 age, 615. 



ventricles of, 619. 



vocal cords of, 606, 609. 

 Laws of functions of nerves, 483. 

 Laxator tympani muscle, 674. 

 Lead an accidental element, 19. 

 Leaping, 60 1. 



Legumen identical with casein, 249. 

 Lens, crystalline, 643. 

 Lenticular ganglion, relation of third 



nerve to, 539. 

 Lenticular glands of stomach, 270. 



of large intestine, 310. 

 Leucocytes, 76. 

 Leucocythajmia, state of vascular 



glands in, 417. 

 Levator palpebne superioris, nerve 



supplying, 539. 



Levers, different kinds of, 595. 

 Lieberkiihn's glands, 

 in large intestines, 310. 



in stomach, 300. 

 Life, 



animal, 464. 



dependence of on medulla oblon- 

 gata, 513. 



Life, continued. 



natural tern) of, for each particle,. 



380. 



organic, 464. 



simplest manifestation of, I. 

 Lightning, condition of blood after 



death by, 68. 



Lime, salts of, in human body, 18. 

 phosphate of, in albumen, 13. 

 in blood, 81. 



in bones and teeth, 18, 45. 

 in tissues, 18. 

 Lingual branch of fifth nerve, 547, 



54.8, 555, 704- 

 Lips, influence of fifth ner^e on 



movements of, 545. 

 Liquid part of food, absorption of, 



281, 339. 



Liquor amnii, 748. 

 Liquor sanguinis, 56, 60. 

 lymph derived from, 364. 

 still layer of in capillaries, 163. 

 Lithium, absorption of salts of, 371. 

 Liver, 314. 



action of on albuminous matters, 



332. 



on saccharine matters, il>. 

 a blood-making organ, 102. 

 blood-vessels of, 318-21. 

 capillaries of, 159. 

 cells of, 316. 

 circulation in, 101. 

 development of, 775. 

 ducts of, 321. 

 functions of, 322. 

 in foetus, 328. 



glycogenic function of, 333. 

 secretion of, 322. Sec Bile, 

 structure of, 314. 

 sugar formed by, 333-336. 

 test for presence of sugar in, 333. 

 Living bodies, properties of, i. 

 tissues, contact with, retards co- 

 agulation, 66. 

 Lobes of lungs, 190. 

 Lobules of liver, 315. 



of lungs, 190. 

 Locus niger, 520. 



Love, physical, cerebellum, in rela- 

 tion to, 528. 



Luminous circles produced by pies- 

 sure on eyeball, 665. 

 impressions, duration of, 659. 

 Lungs, 187, 193. 



