886 



INDEX 



Karyokinesis, 18 



Katabolic changes in living matter, 19 



Rations, 362 



Key, short-circuiting, 544 



Kidney, bloodvessels of, 397, 398 



internal secretion of, 483 



nerves of, 152, 409, 410 



secretory pressure in, 408 



tubules of, 399 

 Kinaesthetic function of Rolandic area, 



7Si, 754 



Kjeldahl's method for total nitrogen, 425 

 Knee-jerk, 707, 708 



reinforcement of, 705 

 Kreatin, 390, 442 

 Kreatinin, 390, 428, 442, 445 

 Kiihne's eye, 859 

 Kymograph, 99 



Labyrinth of ear, 732, 839, 840 



extirpation of, 732, 806 

 Lactic acid, action of, on bloodvessels, 154 

 in gastric juice, 301, 350 

 in intestine, 358 

 in muscle, 582, 583, 627 

 Ueffelmann's test for, 380 

 ' Laky' blood, 35, 61 

 Langley's experiments on union of vagus 



and cervical sympathetic, 756 

 Laryngoscope, 264 

 Larynx, anatomy of, 260 



abductors and adductors of, 260, 261, 



270 



nerves of, 269, 270 

 paralysis of, 270 

 Lateral nucleus of bulb, 684 

 Lavoisier and carbon dioxide, 223 

 Law of contraction, 597, 655 

 Lecithin in bile, 312 

 Leclanche' cell, 173, 532 

 Lens, radii of curvature of, 783 



alteration of, in accommodation, 786, 



857 



Lenses, refraction by, 777, 778 

 Leucin and tyrosin, formed in tryptic 



digestion, 306, 381 

 in urinary sediments, 396 

 Leucocytes, 28 



classification of, 29 

 composition of, 51 

 formation of, 33 

 and absorption of fat, 371 



of peptone, 373 

 Leukaemia, blood-corpuscles in, 30 



uric acid in, 395 



Levatores costarum, action of, in respira- 

 tion, 200 



Lieberkiihn's crypts, 315, 317, 374 

 Lilienfeld's theory of coagulation, 43 

 Listing's law, 834 



Liver, and coagulation of blood, 45 

 bile-pigments and acids in, 327 

 formation of sugar in, 446 



urea in, 440 



glycogen in, 446, 447, 525 

 internal secretion of, 482 

 iron in, 32, 33, 328, 382 

 Minkowski's experiments on, 440, 441, 

 446 



Living matter, composition, 17 

 functions, 19 

 structure, 18 

 Localization of function in brain, 756 



degree of, in different animals, 



760 



of sensations, 856 

 Locomotor ataxia, equilibration in, 731 



knee-jerk in, 707 

 Locomotion, 738 

 Loeb, on fertilization in sea-urchin, 865 



on galvanotropism, 650 

 Lungs, influence of, on coagulation, 44 

 quantity of blood in, 196, 197 

 secretory action of, 242 

 vaso-motor nerves of, 154 

 Luxus-consumption, 466 

 Lymph, circulation of, 166 

 composition of, 53 

 formation of, 368 

 functions of, 54 

 hearts, 167 

 Lymphagogues, 368 

 Lymphocytes, 29 

 Lysine, 443 



Macula acustica, 732 

 Magendie, foramen of, 767 



experiments on nerve-roots, 696 

 Magnesium chloride and fertilization, 865 

 Malapterurus, 649 



electrical nerve of, 669 



double conduction in, 601 

 Malleus, 838, 842 

 Manometer, Fick's C-spring, 82 



Pick's elastic, 83 



Hiirthle's elastic, 83 



maximum and minimum, 82 

 Marckwald on respiratory paths, 213 

 Marginal veil, 660 

 Mariotte's experiment, 813 

 Mastication, 283, 284 

 Massage of muscles, effect of, on blood- 

 pressure, 162 

 Maturation of ovum, 867 

 Maxwell s spot, 829 

 Meconium, 359, 873 

 Medulla oblongata, anatomy of, 678, 683, 



684 



centres of, 715 

 Medullary sheath of nerve, 591 



development of, 661 

 Meissner's plexus, 281 

 Meniere's disease, 733 

 Menstruation, 866 

 Mesenteric ganglion, inferior, 711 

 Mesoblast, 867, 868 

 Metabolism of carbo-hydrates, 446-453 



of embryo, 874 



of fat, 453458 



of proteids, 436 



in fever, 518 



in starvation, 461-463 



nitrogenous, laws of, 466, 467 



in muscular work, 467 

 Methaemoglobin, 49, 64 



in urine, 391 



Methylene blue, reduction of, in tissues, 

 193 



