THE PITUITARY BODY 



Nervous system, control by, of pitui- 

 tary secretion; see also Innervation 

 of pituitary 

 of gonadotropic hormone, 58-62, 99- 



lOI 



Nicotine 



effect of, on chromatophores, 251 



Nipples 



growth of, and pituitary, 154 



Nitrite, amyl 



effect of, on chromatophores, 251 



Oestradiol; see also Oestrogens 



alpha, 295, 297 



beta, 295, 297 

 Oestradiol benzoate; see also Oestrogens 



effect on bones, 40 



effect on growth, 40 



and growth of neoplasms, 44 



Oestriol, 295, 297; see also Oestrogens 



Oestrogens 



action of, on adrenals and anterior 



pituitary, 203 

 effect on anatomy of pituitary, 18-21 



after gonadectomy, 18 

 and development of breasts, 152-55, 



157-58 

 castration changes in pituitary cor- 

 rected by, 91-92 

 and action of chromatosome-dispers- 



ing hormone, 252, n. 10 

 in relation to gonadotropic hormones, 



pituitary, 80-88 

 effect of, after hypophysectomy, 81 

 effect on lactation, 160-63 

 and metabolism, carbohydrate, 221-22 

 effect on composition of milk, 162 

 effect on minerals of serum, 162 

 action on uterus and response to 



oxytocic principle, 261-62 

 effect of, on metaboHsm of isolated 



pituitary, 88 

 effects in pregnant animals, 87 

 alteration of effect of prolan by, 133 

 effect of, on thyroid, 187 

 in relation to thyrotropic hormone, 



185-87 

 relation to vasopressor principle and 



experimental eclampsia, 264 

 effects of, on X-zone of adrenals, 201 



Oestrone, 295, 297; see also Oestrogens 

 degenerative changes in adrenals 



caused by, 19 

 effect on growth, 40 

 action on male after hypophysectomy, 



93-94 

 hypophysial deficiency caused by, 

 19-21 



Oestrous cycle 



and anatomy of pars glandularis, 15- 

 16,26 



and secretion of gonadotropic hor- 

 mone, 68-69 



and metabolism of isolated pars 

 glandularis, 69 



Ovaries 



deficiency of secretion of, and gonado- 

 tropic hormone, 67 



morphology of, after hypophysec- 

 tomy, 63-65 



Ovogenesis 



after hypophysectomy, 62 

 effect of prolan on, 130 



Oxytocic principle; see also Pars neuralis 

 extracts, Pars neuralis, physiologi- 

 cal significance of 



assay of, 259-60 



chemistry of, 258-59 



effect of, on heart, 263 



metabolism of, 270, 274-76 



pharmacology of, 260-62 

 and abortion, 261 

 androgen and, 262 

 response of cervix uteri, 260 

 response of fallopian tube, 260 

 oestrogens and, 261-62 

 parturition and, 261 

 progesterone and, 261-62 



Pancreas; see also Diabetes mellitus. 

 Insulin, Metabolism, carbohydrate, 

 etc. 

 in relation to fat of liver and anterior 



pituitary, 229 

 effect of hypophysectomy on anatomy 



of, 216, n. 18, 226 

 stimulation of islet tissue of, by an- 

 terior pituitary, 224-26 

 and anatomy of pituitary, 23-24 



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