INDEX 



Acetamide, 188 

 Acetazoleamide, 147, 154 

 Acetylcholine, content of gland, 43, 

 106; in octopus, 269 

 effect on amylase secretion, 58 

 on blood vessels, 40, 78-9, 126, 



133 

 on metabolism, 58, 79, 230, 



232 

 on phosphorus turnover, 58, 

 232 

 electrogram, 46, 78 

 in paroxysmal secretion, 117 

 leakage, 61, 63-4, 80, 108, no 

 release by nerve impulses, 43-4, 

 46, 129 

 by potassium, 85 

 from degenerating nerves, 63, 

 116-17 

 secretory effect, 40-1, 46-7, 

 77-8 

 in man, 76, 79 

 supersensitivity, 58, 64, 108-9 

 Acini, electrical responses, 199 

 embryology, 31 

 histology, 10, 20 

 in immature dogs. 218-19 

 innervation, 42 

 protein secretion, 183, 233 

 role in secretion, 9, 141, 195, 

 217, 223-4, 226 

 Adrenal corticoids, effect on sali- 

 vary chloride, 154 

 on potassium, 151, 220 

 on saliva of sheep, 163 

 on sodium, 152, 220 

 Adrenaline, content of gland, 106 

 in toads, 270 

 effect on amylase secretion, 58 

 on blood vessels, 84, 109, 135 

 on glucose in saliva, 83, 187, 



253 

 on metabolism, 58, 135, 230 

 on myoepithelial cells, 49, 85 

 on phosphorus turnover, 58, 



232 



on sodium and chloride in 

 saliva, 147, 154, 219 

 electrogram, 60, 83 

 in antilytic secretion, 115 

 in paralytic secretion, 1 12-14 

 release, 60, 85-6, 113, 115, 237, 



243 

 secretory effect, 58, 83 



in man, 61, 83 

 supersensitivity, 58, 63, 106-9, 

 112-13 

 Afferent nerves, of the gland, 66 

 of the salivary reflex, 241 

 effect of section, 109, 113 

 Alcohol excretion, 262 

 Amine oxidase, activity in glands, 

 60-1 

 after denervation, 105, in 

 function, 262 

 Amino-acids in saliva, 174, 185, 

 215, 219 

 after arterial injection, 215 

 Amino glutamate, 185 



peptidase, 30 

 Amphetamine, 83 

 Amylase, in gland, 32, 106, 269 

 of cockroaches, 268 

 in saliva, 171-2, 178-9, 254-6 

 synthesis, 233 

 Antibacterial action of saliva, 179, 



257 . 

 Antibiotics, excretion, 189, 262 



Anticholinesterases, secretory ef- 

 fect, 42, 44, 62, 80, in, 140 

 after denervation, 62, 108 



Antihistamines, 82 



Antilytic secretion, 115 



Apomorphine, 75 



Aptyalism, 251 



Arginase, 32 



Arteries of glands, 15 



Arteriovenous anastomoses, 17, 19, 

 122 



Ascorbic acid in saliva, 187 



Atrophy of glands, 31-2, 103-7, 

 232 



P.S.G. — T 



273 



