INDEX 



203 



Chloragogen cells 27, 55-68, 113, 

 121 



ammonia content 56 



urea content 56 

 Chloride, body fluid and urine 



75-76 

 Cholesterol 4 

 Cholinesterase 90, 150, 156 

 Chromaffin cells, 156 

 Chromolipid 57 

 Cicatrice 58, 119 

 Ciliary actions in nephridia 66 

 Citrulline 55, 61 

 Cocoon production 132 

 Coelom 



hydrostatic pressure 81,144 



water content 2 

 Colour forms of A. chJorotica 73 

 Conduction velocity 



giant fibres 158 

 Creatinine 54, 60, 62 

 Crop 19, 30 

 Cuticle 12-15, 70 

 Cyanide effect on respiration 36, 



39 

 Cyclic activity 131, 132 

 Cvtochrome-cytochrome oxidase 

 109, 123 



Dehydration tropism 72 



Dendrohaena 22, 73 



Dero 36, 84 



Desiccation 3, 77 



Diameter and conduction of giant 



fibres 160, 161 

 Dissociation curves of haemoglobin 



102 

 Diurnal rhythms 90, 91, 182 

 Dry weight 3 



Eflfect of stretch on giant fibre 



160, 161 

 Egg laying and neurosecretion 132 

 Eisenia foetida 38, 40, 42, 46, 50, 



51, 81, 87, 88, 96, 108, 109, 



120, 121, 122, 123, 129, 130, 



131, 172, 180 

 rosea 4 

 Elastin 15 



Electrical gradients 38, 39, 119 

 Electrophysiology 150, 161 

 Eleocytes 66, 121 

 Eophila 94 

 Ephedrine 1 57 

 Ergosterol 5 

 Eserine 150, 156 

 Eiityphoeiis 20 



Facilitation of conduction 161 

 Fat content 4, 63 

 Feeding 177, 178 

 Filtration in nephridium 65 

 Food selection 18, 178 

 Freezing point depression of blood 

 and coelomic fluid 73 



Gaseous exchange 83-86 

 Giant fibres 135, 157-165 

 Gills 24, 84 

 Glossoscolex 89, 104 

 Gluconate-6-phosphate 110 

 Glucose-1 -phosphate 110 

 Glucose-6-phosphate 110 

 Glutamic acid 55, 61 

 Glyceraldehyde dehydrogenase 



122 

 Glycocol 61 

 Glycogen 42, 57, 109, 110, 121 



122 

 Glycolysis 42, 109, 122, 123 

 Gonadal maturity 131 

 Guanidoethyl-seryl-phosphodi- 



ester 16, 114 

 Guanine 59, 64, 65 

 Gut movements 154,155 

 Gut pH 22, 23 



Habituation 180 

 Haemochromogen 65, 106 



