SUBJECT INDEX 



299 



Metabolic hormones, 



actions of, 167ff., 169, 190, 208, 

 241 (and see Calcium, Car- 

 bohydrates, Electrolytes, 

 Fat, Phosphates, Protein, 

 Respiration aiid Water) 

 and internal "milieu", 259 

 characteristics of, 7, 5, 10, 252ff. 

 control by feed-back, 1 1 , 1 34, 252 

 control of secretion of, 253ff., 



254, 255, 259 

 endocrinokinetic control of, 

 132ff., 133, 137, 139, 142ff., 

 145, 258ff. 

 morphogenetic actions of, 173, 



257, 259 

 pairs of antagonistic, 10, 189, 

 207ff., 214, 219, 220, 245, 

 252, 256 

 sources of, ISff., 38, 40, 44, 46, 

 47, 50, 51, 134ff. 

 Metamorphosis, 8, llff., 138, 140, 

 251fn., 259 

 in Amphibia, 12, 140, 176 

 in Arthropoda, 11, 138 

 Methylthiouracil, MTU, 139 

 Migration of birds, 149 

 Milk, 65, 68, 130 



"let-down", 66, 68, 152, 154 

 pigeon's, 130 

 Milk-secreting glands, 129, 130ff. 



{and see Mammary glands) 

 Mineralocorticoids, 185 

 Mitosis and secretion, 39, 52, 116, 



117 

 Mitochondria, between 22 and 23 

 Moisture, 



and pigmentary effectors, 75ff., 



76,85 

 and water balance, 222, 230, 232 

 Mollusca, 11, 19, 115ff. {see also 

 Cephalopoda, Gastropoda and 

 Lamellibranchia) 

 Monoiodotyrosine, 141 

 Monosaccharides, 197 



Morphogenetic hormones, 



actions of, 128, 134, 139, 148, 

 149, 150, 151ff. {see also 

 Part II.) 



and feed-back, 134 



characteristics of, 4, 7, 8, 10, llff. 



definition of, 7, 11, 167 



distribution of, 11 



endocrinokinetic control of, 10, 

 132, 133, 137, 143, 148ff., 

 162ff. 



kinetic actions of, 70, 128, 149, 

 157, 162ff. 



of gonads, 133, 149ff., 157, 259 



sources of, 18, 19, 38, 40, 50 

 Moult-accelerating hormone, from 



HSPO, 135, 156, 258 

 Moult-inhibiting hormone, MIH, 

 of Crustacea, 



and protein metabolism, 200ff., 

 202, 203, 204 



from eyestalk or sinus gland, 12, 

 135, 186, lS7fi., 190,22m., 

 247, 248, 252 



nervous control of secretion of, 

 254, 257 

 Moult-promoting hormones, 12, 18 



and diapause, 184ff. 



endocrinokinetic control of se- 

 cretion of, 133, 254, 255, 258 



of Crustacea, from Y-organ, 

 MPH, 135, 190, 203, 204, 

 222, 240ff., 241, 251, 252, 

 254 



of Insecta, from prothoracic 

 gland, etc. {= ecdysone), 

 129, 134, 135ff., 137, 184, 

 190, 195, 241, 251,255 



sources of, 18, 38 

 Moulting, changes in Ca and P 

 during, 240ff., 242, 242, 248, 

 249, 251 



hormonal control of, 8, 11, 117, 

 134, 135ff., 181, 187, 195, 

 200, 203, 220, 251fn. 



