640 



INDEX. 



Lenticular glands of large intestine, 



249 



Leucocytes, 71 

 Leucocytbaemia, state of vascular 



glands in, 331 

 Levator palpebrae superioris, nerve 



supplying, 425 



Levers, different kinds of, 467 

 Lieberkuhn's glands, in large in- 

 testines, 249 

 in stomach, 240 

 Life, animal, 367 



dependence of on medulla oblon- 



gata, 405 

 natural term of, for each particle, 



304 



organic, 368 



simplest manifestation of, 13 

 Lightning, condition of blood after 



death by, 64 



Lime, salts of, in human body, 26 

 phosphate of, in albumen, 22 

 in blood, 26 



in bones and teeth, 26, 46 

 in tissues, 26 

 Lingual branch of fifth nerve, 431, j 



432, 437, 553 

 Lips, influence of fifth nerve on move- j 



ments of, 429 

 Liquid part of food, absorption of, 



226, 271 



Liquor ainnii. 586 

 Liquor sanguinis, 55, 58 



lymph derived from, 291 

 still layer of in capillaries, 137 

 Lithium, absorption of salts of, 297 

 Liver, 252 



action of on albuminous matters, 



266 



on saccharine matters, 266 

 a blood-making organ, 90 

 bloodvessels of, 255-258 

 capillaries of, 134, 135 

 cells of, 254 

 circulation in, 90 

 development of, 607 

 ducts of, 258 

 functions of, 259 



in foetus, 263 



glycogenic function of, 267 

 secretion of, 259. See Bile, 

 structure of, 252 

 sugar formed by, 267-269 

 test for presence of sugar in, 267 

 Living bodies, properties of, 13 



tissues, contact with retards co- 

 agulation, 62 

 Lobes of lungs, 158 

 Lobules of liver, 258 



of lungs, 158 

 Locus niger, 411 



Love, physical, cerebellum, in rela- 

 tion to, 417 



Luminous circles produced by pres- 

 sure on eyeball, 522 

 impressions, duration of, 517 

 Lungs, 155, 159 



capillaries of, 134 

 cells of, 158-161 

 changes of air in, 171 

 circulation in, 89, 172 

 congestion of, in asybyxia, 187 

 after division of pneumogas- 



tric nerve, 441 

 contraction of, 165 

 coverings of, 156 

 development of, 609 

 elasticity of, 165 

 intercellular passages in, 159 

 lobes of, 158 

 lobules of, 158 

 movements of in respiration, 161 



166 



nutrition of, 172 

 position of, 155 

 structure of, 155, 158 

 supplied by pneumogastric nerve, 



438, 439 

 Lymph, analysis of, 288 



compared with chyle, 288 



with blood, 289 

 general characters of, 286 

 quantity formed, 290 

 relation to blood, 289, 292 

 Lymph-corpuscles, structure of, 286 

 in blood, 83 



development into blood-corpus- 

 cles, 83 

 Lymph-hearts, structure and action 



of, 292 . 



relation of to spinal cord, 293, 



401 

 Lymphatic glands, structure of, 283 



function of, 286 

 Lymphatic vessels, absorption by, 



291 



communication with serous cavi- 

 ties, 280 

 communication with bloodvessels, 



286 



contraction of, 283 

 course of fluid in, 278 ' 

 distribution of, 280 

 origin of, 280 



propulsion of lymph by, 282 

 structure of. 277, 282 

 valves of, 282 



Lymphoid tissue. See Betiform Tis- 

 sues. 



Macula germinativa, 565 

 Magnesium in human body, 26 



