INDEX 



1307 



Lacteal, 780 

 Lactic acid, 804 



formation in muscle, 215, 237 



of amino-acids from, 



113 



as stage in fat synthesis, 117 

 tests for, 215 

 Lactose hydrolysis, 164 



time relations of, 164 

 Laevorotatory compounds, 51 

 Lsevulose, 64 

 Langerhans' islets, 850 

 Lanoline, 56 

 Lardaceous tissue, 104 

 Larynx, anatomy of, 618 

 Latent period of muscle, 19S 

 Lateral nucleus, 369 

 Law of contraction in human nerves, 269 



Pfliiger's, 267 

 of the minimum, 36 

 Lecithin, composition of, 57 

 formation of, 43 

 in surface layer, 23 

 Lens, crystalline, 519 



composition of, 95 

 influence on refraction of eye, 533 

 refraction by, 520 

 Leucine, 81 

 Leucinide, 87 

 Leucocytes, 858 



action in inflammation, 1073 

 classification of, 1076 

 formation of, 858 

 functions of, 859 



Leucocytosis after ingestion of nucleins, 824 

 Leucoplasts, 109 



Liebermanris reactions for proteins, 92 

 Life, conditions of, 6 

 definition of, 4 



fundamental phenomena of, 2 

 evolution of, 5 

 without oxygen, 26 

 Light, absorption of, 488 



chemical changes due to, 490 

 diffraction of, 489 

 physical properties of, 486 

 -reflexes, 512 

 refraction of, 490 

 white, composition of, 486 

 Liminal stimulus, 193, 482 

 Limulus, heart of, 988 

 Linoleic series, 54 

 Lipaemia in diabetes, 849 

 Lipase, 168 



Lipoid character of protoplasm surface, 23 

 Liver, formation of urea in, 803 

 secretory functions of, 759 

 Localisation, cerebral, 433 



tactile, 632 

 Lock's fluid, 1006 

 Locomotion in spinal animal, 331 

 Lungs, circulation through, 979 



exchange of oxygen in, 11 11, 11 20, 11 24 

 movements of, 1089 

 Lymph and tissue fluids, 1061-1069 

 absorption of, 1068 

 movement of, 1066 

 Lymphagogues, 1065 

 Lymphatics of brain, 464 

 Lysine, 82 



MoDoUQALL'S THEORY Otf COLOUR VISION, 



587 



Magnesium, 43 



Maltase, influence on glucosides, 166 

 Maltose, structure of, 66 

 Mammary glands, development of, 1270 



growth in spinal animal 



333 



secretion by, 1289 

 Mannose, 64 

 Marey's law, 1023 

 Marginal bodies, 291 

 Marie, tract of, 353 

 Meat, value of, 701 

 Mechanical efficiency of body, 684 

 Mechanism, 8 

 Medulla oblongata, 364 



centres in, 414 

 functions of, 390 

 respiratory function's of, 



1127 



Medusa, nervous system of, 290 

 Membrana tympani, 601 

 Membranes, electrical differences at surface 



of, 171 

 passage of dissolved substances 



through, 129-136 

 Mendel's law, 1267 

 Menstruation, 1269, 1275 

 Metabolism, 659 



of aromatic groups, 814 

 basal, 675 



of carbohydrates, 839-852 

 of fat, 826-838 



influence of fats and carbo- 

 hydrates on, 681 

 of food on, 677 

 of muscular work on, 



683 



of proteins on, 677 

 methods employed in investi- 

 gating, 660 

 of nuclein, 818-825 

 of protein, 801-817 

 of purine, 818-825 

 during starvation, 670-676 

 of sulphur, 813 

 tissue-, 801 

 Methyl glucosides, 66 

 Micellas, 20 



Micturition, 1205-1213 

 Mid brain, connection with cord, 356 



structure of, 364, 372 

 Milk, action of gastric juice on, 733 

 composition of, 1290 

 fats of, 55 

 secretion of, 1289, 1296 



in spinal animal, 333 

 sugar of, 67 



Mitten's reaction, 83, 92 

 Molisch's test, 63, 93 

 Monosaccharides, 61 

 Moore's test, 63 

 Motor centres, 439 



end plate of muscle, 182 

 functions of nervous system, 434 

 impulses, path in brain, 389, 422 

 nerve roots, 322 

 Mountain sickness, 1149 

 Movement, ciliary, 248 



