INDEX. 



771 



Labyrinth of the ear. See Ear. 

 Lachrymal apparatus, 585 



gland, 585 

 Lactation, 337 

 Lacteals, 265 



absorption by, 309 



contain lymph in fasting, 298 



origin of, 300 



structure of, 300 



in villi, 265 

 Lactic acid, 750 



in gastric fluid, 252 

 Lactiferous ducts, 336 

 Lactose, 750 

 Lacunae of bone, 46 

 Lamella3 of bone, 48 

 Laminae dorsales, 664 



viscerales or ventrales, 668 

 Large intestine. See Intestine. 

 Larynx, construction of, 437 



muscles of, 439 



nerves of, 440 



variations in according to sex and age, 

 445 



ventricles of, 447 



vocal cords of, 438 

 Latent period, 412 

 Lateral plate, 666 

 Lateral ventricles, 505 

 Laughing, 196 

 Laxator tympani muscle, 569 

 Lead an accidental element, 753 

 Leaping, 426 

 Lecithin, 281, 743 

 Legumen identical with casein, 212 

 Lens, crystalline, 591 

 Lenticular ganglion, relation of third 

 nerve to, 531 



nucleus, 521 

 Leucic acid, 742 

 Leucin, 272, 742 

 Leucocytes. See Blood Corpuscles 



(White) 

 Leucocythaemia, state of vascular glands 



in, 385 



Levers, different kinds of, 421 

 Lieberkiihn's glands, 262 



in large intestines, 269 



in small intestines, 263 

 Life, 713 



relation to other forces, 713 



simplest manifestations of, 3 

 Ligamentum nuchae, 33 

 Lightning, condition of blood after death 



by, 67 



Lime, salts of, in human body, 753 

 Lingual branch of fifth nerve, 537 

 Lips, influence of fifth nerve on move- 

 ments of, 535 

 Liquor amnii, 671 

 Liquor sanguinis, or plasma, 57 



lymph derived from, 310 

 Liver, 274 



action of, on albuminous matters, 285 



Liver continued. 



action on saccharine matters, 287 



blood-elaborating organ, 286 



blood-vessels of. 275 



capillaries of, 275 



cells of, 275 



circulation in, 275 



development of, 705 



ducts of, 277 



functions of, 279 et seq. 



glycogenic function of, 286 



secretion of, 279. See Bile. 



structure of, 276 



sugar formed by, 288 et seq. 

 Locus niger, 500 

 Loss of water, 752 

 Ludwig's air pump, 82 

 Lungs, 173 



blood-supply, 177 



capillaries of, 177 



cells of, 175 



changes of air in, 188 



changes of blood in, 193 



circulation in, 177 



contraction of, 174 



coverings of, 173 



development of, 706 



elasticity of, 173 



lobes of, 175 



lobules of, 175 



lymphatics, 177 



muscular tissue of, 187 



nerves, 178 



nutrition of, 177 



position of, 168 



structure of, 174 

 Luxus consumption, 217 

 Lymph, 308 



compared with chyle, 308 

 with blood, 309 



current of, 303 



quantity formed, 309 

 Lymph-corpuscles, 308 



in blood, 94 



development of, into red blood-corpus- 

 cles, 93 



origin of, 92 



Lymph-hearts, structure and action of 

 304 



relation of, to spinal cord, 304 

 Lymphatic glands, 305 

 Lymphatic vessels, 298 



absorption by, 310 



communication with serous cavities, 300 



communication with blood-vessels, 300 



course of fluid in, 303 



distribution of, 299 



origin of, 299 



propulsion of lymph by, 303 



structure of, 303 et seq. 



valves of, 303 



Lymphoid or retiform tissue, 35. See 

 Adenoid Tissue. 



