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TABLE 2 
Postnatal growth of volume in suprarenal cortex and medulla in the iho rat 
SUPRA- |pERCENTAGE FORMED BY THE 
eee supRa- | RENALS 
2 1 : PER CENT 
cata s | “AND SEX be WEIGHT none Cor tex! Medulla, average 
ace |“VERAGE) \ picur Be (and range) 
AVERAGE| ~~ 
A. Normal 
I 
grams grams | per cent oe per cent 
20: 
NOMA aY Ss... oo y= > oth 2 3 m | 13.7 |(0.0031)|(0.019)| 80.9) 19.1 (16. 8-22.3) 
TIDE WIG NG ke (ee eae Df 15.5 | 0.0040 | 0.026 | 84.3] 15.7 (15.3-16.4) 
UGE: Se cee ge ae 5 m | 27.9 | 0.0106 | 0.033 | 90.6} 9.4 (8.5-10.8) 
ZAG Ey (stoi Gear ari See 2 £ 28.2 | 0.0078 | 0.028 | 89.5] 10.5 (10.0—11.0) 
GR OLY GEER ora «ic svoles * 2 m | 77.0 | 0.0182 | 0.024 | 92.3) 7.7 (7.48.1) 
Cia. G RNS. eee ee one 1 63.0 | 0.0116 | 0.018 | 82.7) 17.3 
GYSVERO ES a eoaey hep ae 3 m |180.3 | 0.0218 | 0.012 | 92.8} 7.2 (5.8-8.0) 
BTA IOMV Ss 5 neue f Sep30 3 f |132.6 | 0.0414 | 0.032 | 93.5} 6.5 (5.3-7.2) 
94-346 days............- 8 m |220.1 | 0.0322 | 0.015 | 89.9) 10.1 (6-16) 
112-253 pee ar eke: Sineeeie ee tenia wee A pte ee eA 4 f£ |161.1 |.0.0426 | 0.027 | 90.9} 9-1 (7.0-11.9) 
B. det sk ee he be ee A Oe ie One Bebe 2 ee ae ee experiments 
79.3} 20.6 (18.6-22. ert lis ed. | 2 2) foes heonasl| otnay| gala 206 cis.6-22.7) 
90.2) 9.8 
89.8) 10. 2 (8.7-12.5) 
88.2} 11.8 (11.4-12.2) 
89.3} 10.7 
Underfed 1-12 days..... 8.9 | 0.0026 | 0.029 
30.5 | 0.0124 | 0.040 
f 
Maintenance 21-51 days. m 
a) 34.1 | 0.0131 | 0.041 
m 
m 
2 
1 
Maintenance 3-10 weeks.| 7 
1 
a 
1 
Maintenance 21-82 days. 
Maintenance 21-139 days 30.0 | 0.0161 | 0.054 
mptiy Pires Ges Se wd. Tt; 1 m | 10.8 | 0.0024 | 0.025 | 74.5] 25.5 . 
7 days Pep 10.8 | 0.0024 Oe ees 20.4 (18.6-21.7) 
ated bweeks 1H) ps 6 £ | 57.6 | 0.0125 | 0.024 | 89.4) 10.6 (9.6-11.6) 
2 s 
See as as : oh 82.9 | 0.0171 | 0.622 | 90.4) 9.6 (8.8-11.1) 
Refed 189 days..........| 2 £  |162.0 | 0.0396 | 0.024 | 85.7] 14.3 (13.4-15.3) 
Refed 206 days.......... 2 m |229.0 | 0.0348 | 0.016 | 90.8} 9.2 (9.0-9.4) 
Adult acute inanition...| 6 m |177.3 | 0.0393 | 0.024 | 90.1) 9.9 (5.8-12.8) 
Adult chronic inanition.| 9 m|123.4 | 0.0278 }\0.023 | 88.7) 11.3 (8.1-13.1) 
RES er ee 
1'The ‘No.’ in the second column refers to number of glands, not animals. 
The suprarenal weights were missing in one of the three normal males at ten 
to fourteen days. 
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