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SUBJECT INDEX 



Oviduct (cont.) 

 Anolis 



estradiol and, 1068 

 estrone and, 1054 

 testosterone and, 1068 

 birds 



androgen and, 1125 

 blood supply, 1123 

 estrogen and, 1123 

 estrogen-androgen and, 1123-1124 

 estrogen-progesterone and, 1123-1124, 1125 

 folic acid and responsiveness to stilbestrol, 688 

 folic acid and responsiveness to testosterone, 



1126 

 hormonal regulation, 1123-1124 

 secretion of avidin, 1123 

 sperm nests, 1109 

 unilaterality, 1112 

 carbonic anhydrase, 996 

 ciliary action, 821, 823 

 contractions, 731, 732 



progesterone and, 732 

 cyclic changes, 740-741, 819, 821-826 

 development, birds 

 bronchitis and, 1125 

 estrogen and, 1275 

 progesterone and, 1293 

 thyroid and, 1117 

 fowl, estrogen and, 1125 

 epithelium, 823-826 

 fish, 1051 

 fowl 



anatomy, 1122-1123 



estrogen and perforation of occluding plate, 



1123 

 formation of shell membrane, 1122 

 infundibulum, 1122 

 isthmus, 1122-1123 

 magnum, 1122 

 responsiveness 



to androgen, folic acid and, 1126 



to estrogen, vitamin B complex and, 1125- 



1126 

 to gonadal hormones, strain differences, 

 1125 

 role in formation of egg, 1147 

 rudimentary right, estrogen and, 1122 

 secretion of albumin, estrogen-progesterone 



and, 1278 

 shell gland, 1123 

 isthmus and transport of sperm, 737 

 Lacerta, ovariectomy and, 1052-1053 

 Lebistes, gonadal hormones and, 1069, 1070 

 luminal fluid 



cyclic changes, 825 

 oxygen tension, 825-826 

 physicochemical properties, 825 

 mechanism of sperm transport, 731-732 

 Matrix, ovariectomy and, 1054 

 Nectophrynoides, specialization for viviparity, 



1058 

 ovum transport time, 845-846 

 Rana, ovariectomy and, 1052 

 Rana pipiens 



androgen and, in male, 1046 

 presence in male, 1052 

 reptiles, 1051-1052 

 Sceloporus 



androgen and, 1047 

 estrone and, 1054 

 secretory activity, 743-744 

 site of fertilization, 738 

 structural relation to ovary, 819, 821 

 Testudo, estrone and, 1054 



Oviduct (cont.) 

 toads 



estrogen and, 1054 



ovariectomy and, 1052 



progesterone and, 1054 

 traumatization and inhibition of ovulation in 



fowl, 1151-1152, 1278 

 Uromastix 



androgen and, 1047 



estradiol and, 1054 



progesterone and, 1054 

 Xenopus, steroids and, 1054 

 Oviparitv in cold-blooded vertebrates, 1056-1057, 



1059 

 Ovipositor, Rhodeus, response to steroids, 1053 

 Ovis aries (see Sheep, domestic) 

 Ovis canadensis 



breeding season, 502 

 pregnancy, length, 961 

 Ovotestis 

 birds, 97 



development, 1112-1113 



spermatogenesis in, 1112 

 opossum, 105, 107 

 rat, 103, 105 

 salamander, 80, 81 

 Ovoviviparitv, in cold-blooded vertebrates, 1056- 



1057, 1059 

 Ovulation (see also Ovarian follicular growth) 

 ablation of corpus luteum and, 506 

 acetylcholine (ACH) content of hypothalamus 



and, 521-523 

 age of animal and induction of, 514-515 

 amphibia, process of, 1049 

 androgen and, 267-268, 514 

 Anis, presence of other birds and, 1282 

 Anura, gonudot rophiiis and, 252 

 autonomic iicives and, 278 



bats, hypophyseal carminophil cell activity, 179 

 birds 



blocking agents and, 1136-1137 



cortisone and, 1133 



courting male and, 1279-1280 



eggs in nest and, 1282-1283 



external stimuli and, 1278-1283 



light and, 1279 



nesting materials and, 1280-1281 



neural mechanism, 1132-1133, 1278 



progesterone and, 1131-1133 



pregnant mare serum and, 1128 



temporal relation to incubation, 1278 



testosterone and, 1131 



visual stimuli and, 277 

 blocking agents. 523-529, 1132-1133, 1136-1137 

 brood i)arasites, stimuli, 1282 

 chemical mediation, 523-529 

 changes in cumulus oophorus, 818 

 chorionic gonadotrophins and, 451 

 coitus and, 277, 1342 

 definition, 497 



diurnal rhythms and, 526-529 

 estrogen and, 267-268, 514-517 

 fowl 



DOC A and, 1133 



estrogen-inhibition, 1130-1131 



gonadotrophin level, 1129 



hypothalamic lesions and, 1133, 1135 



inhibition by oviducal egg, 1278 



luteinizing hormone and, 1126-1128, 1148- 

 1151, 1277-1278 



neurohumoral control, 539 



oviducal trauma and, 1151-1152, 1278 



pars nervosa ablation and, 1147 



process of, 1126-1127 



