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INDEX. 



Internal capsule, 527 



functions of, 535 



secretion, 454 

 Intestinal digestion, 181 



fermentation, 201 



juice, 183 



physiologic action of, 190 



movements, 196 



nerve mechanism of, 198 



rhythmic segmentation, 196 

 Intraauricular pressure, 281 

 Intracranial circulation, 560 



mechanism of, 561 

 Intrapulmonic pressure, 386 

 Intra thoracic pressure, 386 

 Intra vascular coagulation, 259 

 Intraventricular pressure, 278 

 Invertase, 190 

 Iris, 643 



functions of, 662 



nerve mechanism of, 580, 583 

 Iron of the body, 19 

 Irritability of muscles, 54 



of nerves, 98 

 Island of Langerhans, 185 



of Reil, 541 



Isometric myogram, 66 

 Isotonic myogram, 61 

 Isthmus of encephalon, 52 1 



functions of, 527 



Jacobson's nerve, 598 

 Joints, 45 



classification of, 45 



Keith-Flack node, 276 

 Kidney, 473 



histology of, 476 

 Knee-jerk, 509 

 Kymograph, 716 



Labyrinth of ear, 679 

 Lacrimal glands, 676 

 Lactation, 702 

 Lacteals, 219 

 Lactose, 10 

 Language, 556 

 Larynx, 620 



nerve mechanism of, 628 



structure of, 620 



Lateral columns of the spinal cord, 499 

 Law of contraction, 108 

 Lecithin, 193 

 Lemniscus, 513, 521, 522 

 Lens, crystalline, 649 

 Lenticular nucleus, 525 

 Leukocytes, 252 



chemic composition of, 250 



classification of, 254 



functions of, 255 



number of, 282 



origin of, 255 



physiologic properties, 253 

 Levers, 81 

 Levulose, 9 

 Limbic lobe, 540 



Liver, 191, 444 



elaboration of bile by, 447 



formation of urea in, 453 



functions of, 447 



influence of the nerve system on, 447, 450 



production of glycogen, 448 

 Localization of functions in cerebrum, 546 

 Lungs, structure of the, 379 

 Lymph, 210 



absorption of, 214 



composition of, 211 



functions of, 213 



movement of, 220 



physical properties, 210 



production of, 211 

 Lymph-capillaries, 206 

 Lymph-glands, 207 

 Lymph-nodes, 206 

 Lymph- vessels, 206 

 Lymphocytes, 209, 254 



Macula lutea, 645 

 Malleus, 679 

 Maltose, 10 

 Mammary glands, 441 

 Mastication, 138 

 muscles of, 180 

 nerve mechanism of, 141 

 Meats, composition of, 128 

 Medulla oblongata, 519 



reflex activities of, 533 

 Meibomian glands, 676 

 Membrana tympani, 678 



function of, 684 

 Menstruation, 691 

 Metabolism on protein diet, 127 



on fat and carbohydrate diet, 127 

 Methemoglobin, 251 

 Migration of leukocytes, 254, 363 

 Milk, 442 



composition of, 129, 442 

 mechanism of secretion, 443 

 Moist chamber, 718 

 Mosso's plethysmograph, 360 



spygmomanometer, 344 

 Motor area of chimpanzee brain, 552 

 of human brain, 554 

 of monkey brain, 549 

 oculi nerve, 579 

 Mouth digestion, 138 

 Movements of the eyeball, 671 

 of the intestines, 196, 200 

 of the lower jaw, 140 

 of the lungs, 392 

 of the stomach, 177 

 Muscle, action currents of, 79 

 contraction, 58 



chemic phenomena of, 73 



electric phenomena of, 76 



graphic representation of, 60 



modifying influences of, 63 



phenomena following stimulation, 58 



physical phenomena of, 58 



rigor mortis, 74 



summation effects, 68 



tetanus, 69 



thermic phenomena of, 75 



