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INDEX 



L. 



Labyrinth of ear, 473. 

 Lachrymal bones, 235. 



duct, 453. 



glands, 453. 

 Lacing, 249. 

 Lacteals, 135, 141. 

 Lactose, 54. 



Lacunie (bone), 42, 43, 241. 

 La grippe, 337. 

 Lamellse (bone), 43. 

 Large intestine, 128, 129. 

 Laryn.K, 315, 486, 487. 

 Lateral ventricles, 395. 

 Laughing, 331. 

 Leather, 355, 378. 

 Legs, bones of, 232. 

 Lens, action of, 460. 



crystalline, 457. 

 Leucocytes, 168, 207. 

 Levers, 288, 289. 

 Ligaments, function of, 245. 



transverse, 227. 

 Light, effect of, 460, 461, 463. 



nature of, 461. 

 Lime, in bones, 240. 

 Lime water and COj, 16. 

 Limula, 361. 

 Lipase, 126. 

 Litmus, 23. 



Liver, as an absorbent organ, 

 142. 



as an excretory organ, 142, 

 372. 



as a storehouse of energy, 

 143. 



structure of, 121-123. 



veins of, 201. 

 Liver cells, 123. 

 Liver starch, 142. 

 Lobes, optic, 388, 392. 

 Locomotion, causes of, 295. 



due to contractility, 297. 



due to secretion, 296. 



due to specific gravity, 295. 



Locomotion, organs of, 305- 



309. 

 Loudness, 489. 

 Lumbar vertebrae, 225, 226, 



227. 

 Lungs, blood changes in, 326. 



capacity of, 329. 



capillaries of, 319. 



development, 348-350. 



excretory action of, 353. 



structure of, 312-319. 

 Lymph, 174-179. 



capLQaries, 177. 



exchange, 175. 



flow of, 177, 178. 



formation of, 174. 



glands, 178. 



nodes, 178. 



relation to absorption, 135, 

 175. 



relation to assimilation, 175. 



relation to osmosis, 175. 



relation to plasma, 174. 



tubes, 177. 



valves, 177. 

 Lymphatics, in villi, 133, 134. 



system of, 176. 

 Lymphocytes, 168. 



M. 



Malars (bones), 234. 

 Malleus (bone), 472. 

 Malpighi, capsules of, 369. 



pyramids of, 369. 



tubules of, 369. 

 Malt, 83. 



Manuals, 218, 261, 350. 

 Man, biological position of, 37. 

 Mandibles (bones), 235. 

 Manganese dioxide, 18. 

 Marrow (bone), 237. 

 Maxillae (bones), 235. 

 Meats, cooking of, 71. 

 Medulla oblongata, 394, 420. 



