INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



References to tables are given in italics and to figures in heavy type. References 



to groups of animals appearing in the text are given in this index; but further 



references in italics to particular animals, e.g. (and set Canis) indicate important 



entries in the Animal Index. 



Abdominal ganglia, 29, 91, 92 

 Acetylcholine, 2, 21, 56, 109, 122 

 Activation, mechanical, 4, 5 

 Activators, 2ff. 



circulatory, 3ff. 

 Active transport, of ions, 206, 

 209ff., 214, 218, 221ff., 227,252 

 of water, not postulated, 221, 235 

 Activity, level of, 155 

 locomotor, 69, 70 

 nocturnal, of Periplaneta, 69, 

 153 

 Adaptation, to dark and light, 75, 

 76, 77, 78, 79, 81 

 terrestrial, 37, 232 

 Adenohypophysis, 34, 36, 38, 40ff., 

 40fn., 42, 48, 105 (see also 

 Hypophysis, Pars distalis, Pars 

 intermedia. Pars tuberalis, and 

 Pro-adenohypophysis) 

 Adenohypophysis as source, of 

 adrenocorticotrophin, ACTH, 

 14, 15, 143ff., 145, 146, 146, 

 194,205,211 

 of endocrinokinetic hormones, 



10,132,160,162,255,259 

 of gonadotropins, ICSH and 



LSH, 6, 149ff. 

 of growth hormone, STH, 142 

 of kinetic hormones, 22, 56, 107 

 of morphogenetic hormones, 

 FSH and LH, 128, 148, 

 150ff., 162 

 of prolactin, LSH, 130, 150 

 of thyrotropin, TSH, 139ff., 

 177 

 Adenohypophysis, cells in, 43, 44 

 control of secretion, 41, 157 



development of, 48, 160 

 in fish, 40, 107,212 

 structure of, 34, 36, 40ff., 42 

 transplantation of, 141, 161ff. 

 Adenosine triphosphate, .4 TP, 194, 



196 

 Adrenal cortex, and balance of salts 

 and water, 208, 21 Off., 218 

 219, 220, 225ff. 

 and Ca, 247,249 

 and diabetogenic hormone, 190, 



193ff., 194, 197, 253 

 and metabolic hormones, 185ff., 



205, 255 

 and P, 241, 250 

 as source of hormones, ACH, 14, 



15,50ff., 5i 

 cells of, face 48 (c), 50ff. 

 separate control of weight and 



secretory activity, 143 

 stimulated by ACTH, 15, 133, 



143ff., 145, 146, 148, 194 

 structure of, face 48 (c), 50ff., 51, 

 53 

 Adrenal glands, 38, 38fn., 51 

 Adrenal medulla, 1, 19, 20, 22, 33, 

 37ff., 38fn., 50ff. 

 cells of, face 22 (/), 37 

 nervous stimulation of, 156, 159 

 source of kinetic hormone 37, 63, 

 68 (see also Suprarenal 

 gland) 

 Adrenalectomy, 193, 212, 213, 216, 



216, 217, 219, 228, 229, 249 

 Adrenaline, 1, 8, 37, 59, 61, 68, 70, 

 122, 152 

 and ACTH secretion, 147, 148, 

 195 



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