INDEX 



1409 



Liver, glycogen of, 909 



haemolysis in, 943 



lymph production in, 1136 



formation of urea in, 858 



of uric acid in, 878 

 Living matter, chemical changes in, 170- 



188 



Load, effect of a contraction, 231 

 Local reflexes, 529 



sign of tactile sensation, 549 

 Locke's fluid, 1080 



Localisation of function in brain, 492 

 Locomotion, co-ordination of, 391 

 Locomotor ataxia, 391 

 Locus perforatus posticus, 422 

 Long ciliary nerves, 615 



sight, 595 

 Longitudinal inferior fasciculus, 481 



superior fasciculus, 481 

 Loudness of sound, 563 

 L ud wig's Stromuhr, 1001 



manometer, 983 



Luminosity of spectral colours, 636, 642 

 Lungs, distensibility of, 1168 



exchange of gases in, 1190-1199 



vaso- motor fibres of, 1053 

 Lutein, 1368 

 Luy's nucleus, 425 

 Lymph, absorption of, 1141 



movements of, 1140 



production, 1135 



effect of capillary pressure on, 



1136 



in small intestine, 828 

 osmotic phenomena in, 1137 



properties of, 1134 



role, of, in nutrition, 1142 



and tissue fluids, 1133-1142 

 Lymphagogues, 1138 

 Lymphatic glands, 1134 



tissue, structure of, 920 

 Lymphatics, course of, 1133 

 Lymphocyte, 918 

 Lysine, 92, 100 



decarboxylation of, 173 

 Lysins, 1154 



MACRO-NUCLEUS of paramcecium, 1343 

 Macula acustica, 449, 676 



lutea, 625 



Macdonald's theory, 323 

 MacdougalVs theory, muscular contrac- 

 tion, 264 



Macrophages, 1150 

 Magnesium, 47 



excretion in large intestine, 815 

 Major chord, 567 

 Make contraction, 215 



excitation, 296 



induction shock, 211 

 Matt on heart musculature, 1005 

 Malleus, 571 

 Malpighian follicles of spleen, 1335 



pyramids, 1264 

 Maltase, 186 



of intestinal juice, 811 



reversibility of action, 187 



Malto-dextrin, 76 



Maltose, 73, 74, 75 



Mammary gland, structure of, 1391 



hormones, 1363 

 Mannite, 68 

 Mannose, 66, 70 

 Manometer, Hiirthle's, 1010 



Ludwig's, 983 



maximum and minimum, 1012 

 Marches method, 361 

 Marey's law of blood pressure, 1098 



sphygmograph, 1038 

 Marginal lobe, 473 

 Mark- time reflex, 38 8 

 Marie's tract, 399 

 Marrow, 58 

 Martinotti cells, 484 

 Material basis of body, 39, 135 

 Matter, exchanges of, in body, 685-736 

 Maximal stimulus, 216, 230 

 Mayer curves, 1110 

 Mean systolic pressure, 995 

 Mechanical changes in muscular contrac- 

 tion, 217-229 



coagulation of colloids, 167 



efficiency of muscle, 250 



response of muscle, 230-236 

 Mechanism, 9 

 Meconium, 1379 

 Media of artery, 981 

 Medulla oblongata, 412-417 



functions of, 441 

 Medullary sheath, 280 

 Medusa, nervous system of, 326 

 Meibomian glands, 665 

 Meiosis, 1350 

 Meissner's corpuscles, 554 



plexus, 523, 529, 810 

 Membrana granulosa, 1367 



reticularis, 575 



tectoria, 575 



tympani, 569 



Membranes, electrical phenomena at 

 surface of, 193 



permeability of, 24, 145 



semi- permeable, 147 

 Membranous labyrinth, 573, 674 

 Mendel's law, 1359 

 Menstruation, 1369 



relation of ovulation to, 1370 

 Mercurial manometer, 983 

 Mesencephalon, 409, 441, 443 

 Mesial fillet, 415, 434 

 Mesotartaric acid, 57 

 Metabolism, effect of foods on, 706- 

 712 



during starvation, 698-705 



experiments, analysis of excreta, 687 



general, 685-725 



influence of age on, 735 



of carbohydrates on, 711 



of fats on, 711 



of muscular work on, 713 



of protein on, 706 



of temperature on, 1306, 1311 



methods, 686-693 



of muscle, 241 



