VI CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



4 Kinetic Hormones — II. Control of Exocrine and 



Endocrine Glands 115 



4.1 Exocrine Glands 115 



4.11 Digestive glands 117 



4.12 Oviducal glands 128 



4.13 Milk-secreting glands 130 



4.14 Skin glands 131 



4.2 Endocrine Glands 131 



4.21 Ectodermal endocrine glands of Arthropoda 134 



4.22 Endodermal endocrine glands of Vertebrata 139 



4.23 Mesodermal endocrine glands of Vertebrata 143 



4.3 General Considerations 152 



4.31 Characteristics of kinetic hormones 152 



4.32 Stimulation of the secretion of kinetic hormones 155 



4.4 References 163 



5 Metabolic Hormones 167 



5.1 General Metabolic Rate 168 



5.11 Respiration 168 



5.12 Fat metabolism 186 



5.2 Intermediary Metabolism of Carbohydrates and Proteins 189 



5.21 Carbohydrate metabolism 189 



5.22 Protein metabolism 199 



5.3 Balance of Monovalent Electrolytes and Water 206 



5.31 Balance of sodium ions (Na+) and of 



associated monovalent electrolytes (K+ and Cl~) 209 



5.32 Water balance 219 



5.4 Balance of Calcium and Phosphates 240 



5.41 Balance of calcium 240 



5.42 Balance of phosphates 249 



5.5 General Considerations 252 



5.51 Characteristics of the metabolic hormones 252 



5.52 Control of the secretion of metabolic hormones 253 



5.53 Hormones and the environment 259 



5.6 References 260 



Glossary 267 



Index of Authors 271 



Index of Animal names 277 



Index of Subjects 283 



