586 INDEX 



Lungs, elasticity of, 137, 165 



as excretory organs, 2:3, 151, 170, 269 

 position of, 9, 136, 137, 142 

 structure of, 135 

 veins and arteries of, 38 

 Lympli (li/mpha, water), 83, 93, 117 

 -channel, 91 

 -hearts, 92 

 -corpuscles, 118 

 modes of formation of, 119 

 movement of, 91 

 -sinus, 91 



-spaces, 88 ' 



Lymphatic glands, 88 



origin and structure, 86 

 spaces, 88 

 system, 83, 84 

 vessels, 85, 89 

 , Lymphoid connective tissue, 90, 256, 559 



Macula acustica (acoustic spot), 393 



lutea (yellow) of retina, 423, 424 

 Madder, experiment with, as to growth of bone, 313 

 Magendie, foramen of, 510 

 Malleus (a hammer), 368 et seq. 

 Malpighian capsule, 178, 186 

 corpuscles, 212 

 layer, 192 

 Malpighii rete, 540 

 Maltose, 242, 260 



Mammal, embryonic growth of, 535 

 Manufacture of bile-acids in liver, 214 



of some constituents of urine in kidney, 177, 187 

 of glycogen by hepatic cells, 216 

 Marrow in bones, 305, 308 



red, formation of blood corpuscles by, 104 

 Mastication, 229, 235 

 Matrix, 546 

 ' Matter," 80 

 Matter, its changes, 28 



solid, lost by perspiration, 565 



passed from alimentary canal, 227 

 kidneys and skin, 565 

 Maxillary (maxilla, jaw-bone) bones, 365 

 Measurements, histological, 544 

 Meat as food, 226, 273, 276 

 " boiled to rags," 288 

 Meatus {meo, I pass) of ear, 369 

 Median posterior tract of spinal cord, 491 

 Medulla of lymphatic glands, 90 



of kidney, 178 

 Medulla oblongata (oblong marrow), 452, 461 



decussation of impulses in, 521 



effect of venous blood on, 163 



injury to, result of, 28, 519, 521 



nervous centre for respiration in, 157, 519 



for vaso-motor nerves, 69, 494, 519 



