9. Putative Endocrine Tissues in Fishes
78
a) Corpuscles of STANNIUS
b) The Caudal Neurosecretory System
and theUrophysis
10. Mechanisms of Hormone Action
80
a) Mechanisms of Action
of Neurohypophysial Pep tides and Aldosterone
IX) Neurohypophysial Hormones
(1) Aldosterone
Chapter 3
The Mammals
89
1. General Introduction
89
2. Osmoregulation
89
a) Water Loss
IX) Cutaneous
fJ) Respiratory
y) Urinary
15) Faecal
b) Salt Loss
IX) The Sweat Glands
(3) The Gut
Y) The Kidney
b) The Mammary and Lacrymal Glands
c) Accumulation of Water and Salts
3. The Monotremes
97
4. The Marsupials
98
S. The Placental Mammals
104
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