INDEX 



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Langerhans, Islands of, 262 



Lanolin, 312, 758 



Lapping, 155 



Large intestines, 214. See also 



Digestion and Intestines 

 Laryngitis, 152 

 Larynx, 145 



cartilages of, 147, 149 

 epiglottis, 147 



during swallowing, 147 

 glottis, 116, 144, 145, 147, 149 



closure of, 147 

 muscles of, 145 



paralysis of, 148, 521 

 phonatory, 146 

 respiratory, 146 

 nervous mechanism of , 148, 150, 

 497. 520 

 and Lathyrus sativus, 



522 

 and 'roaring,' 148, 1 52, 

 521 

 phonation, 149, 150 

 use of, 145 

 ventricles of, 149 

 vocal cords, 145, 149 

 See also Vocal cords 

 Lateral cartilages, foot, 655, 675, 678 

 Lathyrus sativus, 522 

 Law of ancestral inheritance, 731 

 Lecithin, 5, 243, 426, 508, 757, 758 

 Leech extract in coagulation, 22 

 ' Left-handed ' horse, 305 

 Leg nucleus, 467 

 Lemniscus, 475 

 Lens, 533 



suspensory ligament of, 538, 543 

 Lenses, passage of light through, 555 

 Leucine, 232, 250, 255, 323, 752 

 Leucocytes, 14 

 Leucocytosis, 27 

 Leucopaenia, 27 

 Levers, 589 



Lieberkuhn's follicles, 211 

 Life, average duration of, 743 

 Ligaments, uses of, 587 



check, 588, 523, 615, 616 

 elasticity of, 588, 606, 607, 615 

 sprain of, 608, 615, 616 

 suspensory, 606, 608, 622 

 effect of dividing, 608 

 (eye), 538 

 tendo-, 588, 596 

 Ligamentum inhibitorium, 536 

 nuchae, 607 

 pectinatum, 532, 537 

 teres, 609 

 Limb markings, 305 

 velocities, 619 

 Limbs, functions of, in relation to 

 lameness, 614 



Lingual nerve, 155, 514, 516, 568 

 Lipase, 188, 253, 256, 257, 359, 763, 



765 

 Lipoids, 757 

 Lips, 153 

 Liquor amnii, 710 



sanguinis, 2 

 Liver, 239 



bile acids, origin of, 242 

 amount of, 244 

 characters of, 239 

 cholohaematin in, 241 

 composition of, 240 

 gall-stones, 241 

 pigments, 240, 241 



and stercobilin, 241 

 salts, 242 



in various animals, 242 

 tests for, 242 

 secretion of, 243 



influence of ' secre- 

 tin ' on, 243 

 test for, 241 

 use of, 244 

 bilirubin and biliverdin, 240, 241 

 blood-supply, 239 

 cholalic acid, 242 

 cholesterin in, 243 

 gall-bladder function of, 243 



animals without, 244 

 glycine in, 242 

 glycocholate soda, 242 

 glycogen. See Glycogen 

 lecithin in, 243 



protein poison neutralizer, 250 

 summary of uses, 250 

 taurine in, 242 

 taurocholate soda, 242 

 urea formed in, 250, 323 

 Living test-tube experiment, 2 1 

 Llama, rumination in, 205 

 Locomotion, 618 

 amble, 626 

 buck-jumping, 640 

 canter, 627, 650 



and gallop compared, 

 concussion, strain of, 615 

 foot, contact with ground, 



626 

 foot-prints, 634 

 gallop, 630 

 pace, 650 



stride, 650. See also Gallop 

 jumping, 634 

 kicking, 636 

 leading leg, 627, 629 

 limb combinations in, 619 

 movements, 584 

 velocities, 619 

 pacing, 626 

 propulsion, strain of, 615 



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