INDEX. 



L. 



Labyrinth of ear, 640 

 Lacrimal glands, 636 

 Lactation, 401 

 Lacteals, 227 

 Language, 509 

 Large intestine, 209 

 Larynx, 572 



nerve mechanism of, 582 



structure of, 575 



Lateral columns of the spinal cord, 449 

 Law of contraction, 126 

 Lemniscus, 468 

 Lens, crystalline, 605 

 Lenticular nucleus, 475 

 Leukocytes, 256 



classification of, 256 

 Levers, 94 

 Limbic lobe, 490 

 Liver, 203, 403 



formation of urea in, 410 



functions of, 405 



production of glycogen, 407 



secretion of bile, 406 

 Localization of functions in cerebrum, 



497 



Lungs, structure of the, 338 

 Lymph, 219 



composition of, 219 



functions of, 221 



movement of, 227 



production of, 220 



properties of, 219 

 Lymph-glands, 216 

 Lymph-vessels, 214 

 Lymphocytes, 219, 256 



M. 



Macula lutea, 602 

 Malleus, 639 

 Mammary gland, 399 

 Mastication, 153 



muscles of, 155 



nerve mechanism of, 156 

 Meats, composition of, 146 

 Medulla oblongata, 467 



reflex activities of, 481 

 Meibomian glands, 636 

 Membrana tympani, 638 

 Menstruation, 654 

 Metabolism on proteid diet, 145 



on fat and carbohydrate diet, 145 

 Methemoglobin, 252 

 Micturition, 433 



nerve mechanism of, 434 

 Migration of leukocytes, 323 

 Milk, 400 



composition of, 146, 400 



mechanism of secretion, 401 



Moist chamber, 686 

 Mosso's plethysmograph, 320 

 Motor area of chimpanzee brain, 505 

 of human brain, 506 

 of monkey brain, 499 

 oculi nerve, 531 

 Mouth digestion, 153 

 Movements of the eyeball, 630 

 of the intestines, 208 

 of the stomach, 190 

 Muscle action currents, 92 

 contraction, 75 



chemic phenomena of, 86 

 electric phenomena of, 89 

 graphic record of, 76 

 modifying influences of, 78 

 physical phenomena of, 73 

 rigor mortis, 87 

 tetanus, 84 



thermic phenomena of, 88 

 electric currents from, 89 

 electric currents, negative variation 



of, 91 



energy, source of, 87 

 fatigue, 80 



groups, special action of, 94 

 sense, 592 

 sound, 87 

 spindle, 592 

 stimuli, 71 

 tissue, 63 



chemic composition of, 67 

 histology of, 64, 97 

 physical properties of, 68 

 physiologic properties of, 69 

 Myopia, 621 

 Myosinogen, 33, 67 

 Myxedema, 412 



N. 



Nerve, abducens, 542 



auditory, 548 



facial, 543 



glossopharyngeal, 550 



hypoglossal, 559 



impulse, 117 



irritability, 115 



motor oculi, 531 



olfactory, 525 



optic, 527 



patheticus, 536 



pneumogastric, 552 



spinal accessory, 557 



stimuli, 115 



tissue, histology of, 103 



trigeminal, 537 



Nerve-muscle preparation, 118 

 Nerves, classification of, 113 



development of, in 



