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 Uterine artery, 168

Uterus, 167, 168

Uvula, 59

Vagina, 168

Vagus or pneumogastric nerves, 84, 110, 111, 130

Valves, 103 aortic, 104 bicuspid or mitral, 104 coronary, 105 Eustachian, 106, 107 ileo-cecal, 142, 145 of lymphatic vessels, 31, 32, 33 of veins, 28 pulmonary, 104 semilunar, 28, 32, 104 tricuspid, 104

Valvulæ conniventes, 142

Varicose veins, 109, 113, 199

Vas deferens, 165

Vasa nervorum, 37 vasorum, 29

Vasoconstrictor nerves, 115 dilator nerves, 115 motor nerves, 29, 78, 115

Vascular system, 107, et seq.

Vastus externus, 190 internus, 190

Veins, 27, 28, 29, 109 basilic, 109 deep, 28 gastric, 110, 150 hemorrhoidal, 146 hepatic, 110, 150 iliac, common, 109 inferior vena cava, 105, 109, 150 innominate, 109 intralobular, 150 jugular, 109

median, 109 cephalic, 109 mesenteric, 110, 150 portal, 110, 150 pulmonary, 105, 110 saphenous, 109, 199 splenic, 110, 150 subclavian, 109 superficial, 28 superior vena cava, 105, 109 umbilical, 106 valves, 28 varicosity, 109, 113, 199

Vena cava, inferior, 105, 109, 150 superior, 105, 109

Venæ comites, 27, 113

Ventricles of brain, 75, 79 of heart, 103

Vermiform appendix, 145

Vertebra prominens, 91

Vertebræ, 88, et seq.

Vertebral arteries, 77

Vesiculæ seminales, 165

Vestibule of labyrinth, 64, 65

Vicarious function of glands, 35

Villi, 142

Viscera, abdominal, 135, et seq.

Visual center, 81

Vital capacity, 129

Vitreous humor, 70

Vocal cords, 122

Volvulus, 146

Voluntary muscle, 21, 23

Vomer, 48, 55

Vomiting, 140

Vulva, 169

Wharton's duct, 62

White corpuscles or leucocytes, 27, 33, 34, 119, 120