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SUBJECT INDEX 



Adrenaline, 



and chromatophores, between 82 

 and 83, 57, 94, 97, 107, 153 

 and glands, 122, 129, 131 

 and muscles, 5, 55, 60, 6 Iff., face 



62, 63, 67ff., face68, 70 

 at sympathetic nerve endings, 2, 



21,61 

 destroyed by an enzyme, 62 

 effects of dosage, 59, 67, 153, 154 

 in emergency, 63, 67, 190, 195 

 in invertebrates, 6, 61, 191 

 source of, 20, 22, 37, 38 

 stimulation of secretion, 67, 156 

 Adrenocorticotrophin, ACTH, 8, 

 10, 259 

 and adrenal cortex, 14, 15, 133, 

 134, 143ff., 145, 146, 148 

 154, i57, 161, 194,255 

 in Amphibia, 211,212, 245 

 in Aves, 193ff. 

 in Mammalia, 194, 194, 205, 218, 



219, 228 

 inTeleostei, 212, 244 

 sourceof, 22, 44,44, 51,52 

 Adrenocortical extract, A.C.E.,146 



185,210,212 

 Adrenocortical hormones, ACH, 

 {see also Aldosterone, Cortico- 

 sterone and Hydrocortisone) 

 and metabolism, 169, 186, 190, 

 193,205,205,210,212,214, 

 225, 228, 240, 244, 252 

 source of, face 48 (c), 50ff., 51, 53 

 stimulated by ACTH, 14, 15, 

 133, 134, 143ff., 145, 146, 

 154,*i57, 161,211,219,255 

 Agnatha (including Cyclostomes), 



36, 44, 46, 47, 83, 173 

 Albedo {see Background response) 

 Albumen gland, 128, 129 

 Aldosterone, 133, 143, 208, 216, 



216, 218, 219, 255 

 Aldosterone-like hormones, 5i, 143 

 Alimentary tract, 117ff., 120 



Allatectomy, 168ff., 250, 251 , 251fn. 



control operations, 170 

 All-or-none reaction, 154 

 Alveoli of glands, 65, 66 

 Amino acids, 123, 125 

 Amniota, 41 {see also Aves, Mam- 

 malia and Reptilia) 

 Amphibia, 2,12 {see also Anura and 

 Urodela) 

 and balance of electrolytes and 

 water, 207, 208, 209ff., 210, 

 211, 213, 218, 225ff., 226, 

 230ff., 231, 232, 233ff.,-234, 

 236 

 and calcium, 241, 244, 245, 248 

 and chromatophores, 74, be- 

 tween 82 and 83, 83, 85, 57, 

 102, 103ff., 104, 106, 107, 

 108, 109, 110 

 and glands, 128, 129, 131, 133, 



139ff. 

 and metabolism, 169, 173, 174ff., 



185, 190, 193, 197 

 control of hormone secretion in, 



160, 162, 257 

 sources of hormones in, 33, 36, 

 38,43,44,48,49 

 Anaesthesia, inhibiting milk flow, 



66, 68, 258 

 Annelida, 2, 11, 19 {see also Hiru- 



dinea and Lumbricidae) 

 Antagonistic hormones, 84, 207ff., 

 252 {and see Hormones, an- 

 tagonistic reactions of) 

 possible seat of, in Crustacea, 

 205 

 Antennae, effect of removal, 179 

 Antidiabetogenic hormones, 190, 



195ff. {see also Insulin) 

 Antidiuresis, 207, 208, 214, 219, 



227, 228ff., 233, 237ff., 238 

 Antidiuretic hormone, ADH, and 

 tissue permeability, 5, 67fn., 

 208, 230ff., 230fn. {see also 

 Vasopressin) 



