1584 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Rabbit (cont.) 



ovarian functioning, thyroid and, 479 



ovarian interstitial tissue and secretion of 



estrogen, 531 

 ovarian responsiveness to gonadotrophins, in- 

 anition and, 687 

 ovary 



age of animal and responsiveness to gonado- 

 trophins, 256 



cortisone and, 483 

 ovi ducal epithelium, structure, 823-824 

 oviducal-ovarian relationship, 821 

 oviduct 



luminal fluid, 825 



secretory activity, 743-744, 819 

 ovulation 



blocking agents and, 523-526 



coituhition and, 277, 1342 



electrical stimulation and, 278 



estrogen and, 517 



estrogen-progesterone synergism, 518-519 



interval after gonadotrophin release, 514 



nervous system and, 520, 523 



process, 456 



progesterone facilitation, 260, 271, 518, 519 



reflex stimulation, 520 



sequence of events, 521-522 

 ovum 



fate of unfertilized, 837 



fertilizable life, 849 



growth, 807 



maturation, 816 



mucous coat and sperm penetration, 815, 832 



postovulatory, 818 



transfer, 800-801 



tubal, 828 

 parental behavior 



absence of retrieving, 1314 



strain differences, 1354 

 parturition 



hypophysis and, 1016 



oxytocin and, 1018 

 parturitive behavior, 1311, 1313 



placentophagy, 1313 

 placental histochemistry, 922, 927 

 placental permeability, 948 



gestation age and, 943 

 placental type, 908, 912, 914 

 pregnancy 



blood 



constituents, 989-990 

 relaxin, 965 



carbonic anhydrase levels, 996-997 



cortisone and, 672, 1002 



gestagen levels in blood, 965, 966, 968-969 



histaminase levels, 995-996 



hypophysis and, 1006 



hypothyroidism and, 998 



length, 961 



ovary and, 965, 968, 970-971, 1003 



placental hormones and, 1008 

 progesterone 



blood levels, 475 



secretion by unruptured follicle, 467, 519 

 prolactin levels, 205 

 prostate 



acid phosphatase, 391 



citric acid secretion, 388 



differentiation 



castration and, 116, 124-125 

 critical period, 118, 125 

 pseudopregnancy, 532 



carbonic anhydrase levels, 997 



Rabbit (cont.) 

 relaxin 



in blood, 965, 973-974 



sources, 976 

 reproduction 



hypophyseal stalk transection, 281, 283 



hypoxia and, 963 



resistance to protein depletion, 263 

 scrotum 



absence of sweat glands, 320 



temperature gradient, 318-319 

 semen constituents, 381-385, 387, 388 

 seminal fructose level, testosterone and, 383 

 seminal vesicles, choline derivatives in, 386 

 sex differentiation 



critical periods, 141 



fetal compared with adult gonadal hormones, 

 146 



inductor substances compared with gonadal 

 hormones, 149, 150 

 site of insemination, 727 

 sperm 



antigens, 745-746 



antisperm antibodies in female, 749-750 



at site of fertilization, 738 



capacitation, 739-740 



duration of fertilizing capacity, 738 739 



epididymal, 762 



fate of nonfertilizing, 744 



hyaluronidase concentration, 829 



ionic environment and fertilizing capacitv, 

 771-772 



minimum for fertilization, 727 



survival time in female, 738 



transport 



in epididvmis, 712 

 in female, 730, 732-733, 735, 737 

 si)ermatogenesis 



androgen and, 270, 338 



homologous antiserum and, 747 



thyroid and, 347, 669 



time relationship to androgen secretion, 677 

 suckling, antidiuretic effect, 1323 

 superfetation, 244 

 superovulation, 244, 801 

 testis 



artery of, 319 



comj)ensatory hyi)ertrophy, 336 



cortisone and, 344 



time of descent, 313 



vitamin E and, 681 

 urogenital sinus differentiation, gonadal hor- 

 mones and, 122 

 uterine contractions 



ovarian hormones and, 1013-1015 



stimulation of genitalia and, 731 

 uterotubal junction, 737 

 uterus 



carbonic anhydrase activity, 996-997 



progesterone and progestational changes, 582 

 Wolffian duct differentiation, androgens and,. 



120-121 

 yolk sac placenta 



absorptive process, 920 



in transfer of maternal antibodies, 918 

 zona pellucida, physicochemical properties,. 

 814-815 

 Raid 



intromittent organ, 1041 

 pscudoliciniapliroditism, 1063 

 Hdlliihu . p;inMit,il Keliavior, role of the sexes, 1299^ 

 liinia (sec alsd Ainpliil)ia, Anura) 



adrenal hypertrophy, estradiol and, 143 



