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PHYSIOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS 



Jejunum, 22 



Joints, 47 



Jugular veins, 92, 105 



KIDNEYS, 17 ; situation of, 22 ; 



structure of, 160 

 Knee joint, 48 



LABOURED respiration, 122 

 Labyrinth, membraneous and 



osseous, 224 

 Lacrymal bone, 45 ; duct, 204 ; 



gland, 204 

 Lacteals, 148 

 Lacunae of bone, 61 

 Lamellae of bone, 61 

 Larynx, 18, 113; structure of, 



229 



Latent energy, 8 

 Leucocytes, 106, 157 

 Levers, 71 



Lieberkiihn, glands of, 148 

 Ligaments, 19 ; structure of, 58 

 Limbs, bones of the, 43, 44 

 Liver, 15 ; functions of, 156 ; 



situation of, 21 ; structure of, 



152 



Living and dead body compared, 8 

 Living matter, properties essential 



to, ii 



Ix>ss and supply, 130 

 Lungs, 18, 24 ; loss by the, 126 ; 



natural condition of the, 116 ; 



structure of the, 114 

 Lymph, 104 

 Lymphatic circulation, 104 ; 



glands, 106 ; vessels, 104 



MAGNESIUM, 3 



Malleus, 221 



Malpighian capsules, 163 ; layer 



of skin, 1 68 

 Marrow of bone, 60 

 Mastication, 133 

 Mechanism of movement, 70 

 Medulla of bones, 60 ; of kidney, 



162 ; of nerves, 178 ; oblongatn, 



see Spinal Bulb 

 Medullary cavity of bones, 60 

 Mesentery, 16, 20 



Metacarpal bones, 43 



Metals, 3 



Metatarsal bones, 43 



Micro-organisms, 139, 151 



Milk, 131 

 teeth, 133 



Motor nerves, 70 



Mucous membrane, 114, 134 



Mucus, 134 



Muscle, 15, 18 ; composition of, 

 69 ; contraction of, 67 ; dead, 

 68 ; living, 68 ; plasma, 68 ; 

 structure of, 64 ; relation to 

 nerves, 69 ; varieties of, 66 



Muscular movement, 67 



sensations, 197 



Myosin, 68 



Myosinogen, 69 



NAILS, 171 



Nares, anterior and posterior, 113 

 Nerve cells, 179 



Nerves, 19 ; afferent or efferent, 

 177 ; cranial, 190 ; motor, 70,. 



184 ; relation to muscles, 69 ; 



sensory, 184 ; spinal, 181 ; 



structure of, 177 

 Nervous impulse, 70 

 Neural arch of a vertebra, 37 

 Neuraxis, 177 

 Nitrogen, 2 



Nitrogenous food-stuffs, 129 

 Nucleus, 28 



OCCIPITAL bone, 43 

 Odontoid process, 39 

 CEsophagus, 17, 113; structure of, 



139 



Olfactory epithelium, 201 



nerve, 190, 201 



Optic nerve, 190, 203 



thalami, 188 

 Orbits, 45, 202 

 Organ, defined, i 



of Corti, 227 



Organic and inorganic substances, 4 

 Origin of a muscle, 64 

 Oxidation, 8 

 Oxygen, 2 

 Oxyhaemoglobin, 27 



