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INDEX 



Haemoglobin 85, 94, 95, 98-108 



alkaline denaturation 106 



dissociation curves 102 



effect of pH 103 



electrophoresis 108 



function of 98 



isoelectric point 104 



properties 104 

 Heteroxanthine 60 

 Homostrophic reflex 149 

 Hoplochaetella 63 

 Hormonal centres 43, 132 

 Hydration 70 



Hydrostatic pressure 81,144 

 Hydrostatic skeleton 71, 143 

 5 -Hydroxy tryptamine 121, 136, 



156, 170 

 Hypotonic fluids on nephridia 66 



effect on CNS 166, 177 

 regional sensitivity to 176 



Limestone 27 



Limnodrihis 36 



Lipase 20 



Lipids 23, 57 



Lipoids 42 



Locomotorv activity 143, 144, 

 182 



Lombricine 1, 5, 16, 114 

 biosynthesis 115-116 



Looped capillaries 84-85 



Lumhriculus 36, 87, 156, 179 



Lumhricus 2, 3, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20, 

 26, 30, 38, 46, 50, 51, 63, 66, 

 67, 71,72,73, 87, 88, 92, 102, 

 103, 107, 108, 110, 114, 123, 

 128, 131, 142, 146, 149, 155, 

 156, 161, 171, 174, 178 



Inanition 50, 52 

 Inhibitory voltage 40, 41 

 Intermediate metabolism 109- 



117 

 Intestinal flora and fauna 22 

 Intracellular recording 161, 162 

 Invertase 22 

 Iodine equivalence 38 

 lodoacetic acid 112, 122 

 Ion uptake from exterior 72 



Juvenile hormone activity 136 



a-ketoglutaric acid decarboxylase 



110 

 Krebs-Henseleit cycle 54, 61 

 Kynurenine 61 



Lactic acid 42, 110, 112, 123 

 Lampito vmuritii 2 

 Learning 180 

 Lichenase 19 

 Light 



effect on behaviour 174 



Malonate, effect on respiration 



111 

 Megascolex 2, 63, 89, 159, 160 

 Megascolida cmnerojii 116 

 Metabolic gradient 41 

 Metabolic centre 41, 43 

 Migration 29, 73 

 Mineral salts 4 

 Mitochondria 31 

 Mucus 11,45,86 

 Muscle 



myosin 8 



protein 8 



structure 6 

 Muscovite 57 



Naididae 173 



Nephridia 64-68, 74, 77-82 



alkaline phosphatase 123 



changes in urine 78 



effect of external osmotic pres- 

 sure 77, 80 



reabsorption 80 

 Nervous system 138-170 

 Neuromuscular junction 151-153 

 Neurosecretion 128-137 



