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ESSENTIALS OF PHYSIOLOGY. 



Lactose, 6, 375, 387. 



Lsevulose, 6. 



Langerhans' islets in pancreas, 318, 352. 



Langley's ganglion, 297. 



Large intestine, 332. 



absorption in, 334. 



excretion in, 333. 



functions of, 333. 



movements of, 335. 

 Laryngoscope, 149. 

 Larynx, 148. 



movements of, in deglutition, 300. 

 Lateral cerebro-spinal fasciculus, 52. 

 Lateral columns of cord, 48 



fillet, 77, 91. 



geniculate body, 78, 79. 

 Law of forward direction, 43. 



of specific irritability, 106. 

 Lecithin, 8. 

 Lens, crystalline, 119. 



elasticity of, 124. 



variations with age, 125. 

 Lenses, formation of images by, 121. 

 Leucine, 12, 314. 

 Leucocytes, 156. 



number of, 156. 



origin of, 165. 



varieties of, 156. 

 Leucocytosis, 165. 



Ligamentum pectinatum iridis, 115. 

 Light, nature of, 133. 



reflex, 129. 

 Lipase, gastric, 305. 



pancreatic, 316. 

 Lipoids, 7. 

 Lissauer's tract, 54. 

 Liver, 363. 



bile formation in, 323. 



glycogen of, 349. 



haemolysis in, 164. 



lymph production in, 241. 



urea formation in, 355, 364. 



uric acid formation in, 364. 

 Load, effect on contraction, 23. 

 Local reflexes, 327. 



sign, 110, 139. 



Localisation of function in cerebral hemi- 

 sphere, 86. 

 Locke's fluid, 218. 

 Locomotion, co-ordination of, 74. 

 Locomotor ataxia, 64. 

 Long ciliary nerves, 128. 

 Longitudinal inferior fasciculus, 84. 



superior fasciculus, 84. 

 Loudness of sound, 146. 

 Ludwig's stromuhr, 188. 

 Lungs, 244. 



exchange of gases in, 260. 



nerves of, 227. 



structure of, 245. 

 Lutein, 412. 

 Lymph, composition of, 239. 



flow of, 242. 



Lymph, formation of, 240. 



function of, 239. 

 Lymphagogues, 241. 

 Lymphocytes, 156. 

 Lysine, 13. 

 Lysins, 168. 



Macula acustica, 152. 



lutea, 118. 

 Malleus, 141. 



Malpighian bodies of spleen, 408. 

 Maltase, 289, 315. 

 Maltose, 6, 293. 

 Mammary gland, 414. 



hormone, 415. 

 Manometer, 181. 



Hiirthle's, 196. 



Piper's, 196. 

 Marchi's fluid, 45. 

 Marey's law, 223, 238. 



tambour, 196. 

 Marrow, 164. 

 Mayer curves, 231. 

 Mean systemic pressure, 184. 

 Mean systolic pressure, 185. 

 Mediarfillet, 77. 



geniculate body, 77, 79. 



longitudinal fasciculus, 69, 77. 

 Medulla oblongata, 66. 



spinalis, 47. 



Meissner's corpuscles, 108. 

 Membrana granulosa, 411. 



reticularis, 144. 



tectoria, 144. 



tympani, 141. 

 Membranes, permeability of, 14. 



semipermeable, 14. 

 Membranous labyrinth, 143, 151. 

 Mendel's law, 416. 

 Menstruation, 412. 

 Mercurial manometer, 181. 

 Metabolism, 338. 



during starvation, 360. 



endogenous, 357. 



exogenous, 357. 



methods, 338. 



of carbohydrates, 348. 



of fats, 344. 



of muscle, 27. 



of muscular work, 362. 



of nucleo-proteins, 359. 



of protein, 354. 



relation of, to body surface, 343, 369. 

 Metabolites, action on blood-vessels, 236. 

 Metaproteins, 9, 303. 

 Metathrombin, 172. 

 Methaemoglobin, 160. 

 Micro tonometer, 261. 

 Micturition, 398. 

 Mid-brain, 76. 



functions of, 79. 

 Middle cell lamina, 81. 



peduncles of cerebellum, 69. 



