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INDEX 



Kidneys, internal secretion of, 493 



Mulpighian bodies of, 425, 426 



nerves of, 426 



plethysmogram of, 277 



structure of, 421 



tubuli uriniferi of, 422 



vasa efferentia of, 426 

 recta of, 426 



vascular nerves of, 257 



volume of urine, 428 

 Krause, corpuscles of, 76 



membrane of, 61 



Kronecker-Meltzer theory of degluti- 

 tion, 358 

 Kymograph, 220 



Labyrinth, 703 

 Lachrymal apparatus, 716 

 Lactase, 347 

 Lactation, 793 



relation of internal secretion to, 500 

 Lacteals, 413 

 Lactose, 101 

 Lacunae, 44, 45 



Langerhans, islands of, 378, 379, 492 

 Large intestine, summary of digestive 



changes in, 391 

 Laryngoscope, 549 

 Larynx, 279, 544 

 Latent period of muscle, 514, 564 

 Law, DuBois, 566 



Pfluger's, 536, 566 

 Leaping, 543 

 Lecithins, 95, 97, 114 

 Lecithoproteins, 87, 95 

 Legumes, composition of, 344 

 Lens of eye, 717 

 Lenticular nucleus, 627 

 Leucin, 82 

 Leucocytes, 116, 131 



number, 131 



phagocytic action, 133 



varieties, 132 

 Leucolytic sera, 150 

 Leucosin, 83 



Levers, action of, in the body, 540 

 Levulose, 100 

 Lichinin, 102 



Liebermann's reaction, 107 

 Life, phenomena of, i 

 Limbs, vascular nerves for, 258 

 Linin, 18 



Lipase, 347, 382, 383 

 Lipogenesis, 466, 493 

 Lipoids, 98, 114 

 Lipolytic ferments, 347 

 Liquid foods, 345 

 Liquor sanguinis, 117 

 Liver, 385 



glycogenic function of, 460 



internal secretion of, 493 



secretions of, 384, 388 



structure of, 385 



urea formation in, 461 



vascular nerves for, 257 

 Localization, cerebral, 639, 644 

 Locomotion, 539 

 Locus ceruleus, 616 



Ludwig's theory of urine secretion, 436 

 Lungs, 282 



absorption from, 420 



blood supply of, 286 



excretion by, 456 



interchange of gases in, 309 



loss of heat from, 506 



lymphatics of, 286 



nerves of, 287 



structure of, 288 

 Luxus consumption, 458 

 Lymph, 155 



chemical composition of, 155 



flow, 156 



formation of, 155 

 Lymphagogues, 156 

 Lymphatic sheaths, perivascular, 179 



spaces, in blood-vessels, 1 79 

 Lymphocyte, 116, 133 

 Lymphocytes, variety of, 132 

 Lymphoid tissue, 36 

 Lysine, 82 

 Lysis, 149 

 Lytic substances, 149 



Magnesium salts in the body, 103, 115 



Malpighian bodies, 426 



Maltase, 347, 355, 379, 382 



Maltose, 100, 356 



Malt sugar, 100, 356 



Mammary glands, 792, 793, 794 



Manometer, 192, 219 



Marrow, bone, 42 



Mast cells, 132 



Mastication, 348 



nervous mechanism of, 349 



