710 



Acid pliosphiitase 



giant cells, 520, 527 



osteoclasts, 511 



\'itamin A effect, 628 

 Acid production 



algae, 3 



calcium mobili/.atioii. 560 

 Acid secretion 



ABO, 4 



boring mechanism, 20, 22 



Lithophaga, 21 

 Acid soil, 130 



Acidic beverages, 91, 99, 100 

 Acidic forms of phosphate, 257 

 Acidity, dental erosion, 113 

 Acidogenesis, 261 

 Acidogenic bacteria, hamsters, 274 

 Acidogenic filaments, 270 

 Acidogenic microbiota, 272 

 Acidogenic potential, food substrates, 



266 

 Acids 



dissolution of shell, 55 



Krebs cycle, 166 



metabolism, 3 



plants, 167 

 Acromegaly, 426, 430 

 Acropora, 42 



ACTH, see Adrenal cortical hormones 

 Activators 



bone formation, 299 



intermittent masticatory impulses, 

 306 

 Addison's disease, 428 

 Adenosine triphosphate, see ATP 

 Adesmacea, 10 

 Adesmacean rock borers, 11 

 Adhesiveness, foodstuffs, 267 

 Adrenal cortex, calcium metabolism, 



429 

 Adrenal cortical hormones 



antler growth, 361 



joint pains, 399 



osteoporosis, 428, 432 

 Adrenal glands 



autopsy subjects, 429 



laying hens, 432 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Adrenalectomy 



citrate level, 429 



mineral metabolism, 428 



osteoporosis, 429 

 Adreno-orchiectomized rats, 433 

 Aerobic glycolysis, bone, 603 

 Agar-saliva svstem, 222 

 Agaricia, 26,27, 42, 43 



communities, 50 



cucuUata, 49 



fragilis, 49 



tindata, 40, 41, 49, 52 

 Age influences, antler shedding, 353 

 Aging, 91 



accelerated, 417 



acute bone changes, 416 



antiosteoporosis factor, 434 



bone density, 418, 459 



bone mass, 417 



collapsed vertebrae, 45 



endocrinopathy, 438 



lacunar mineralization, 552 



mucopoh'saccharides in bone, 426 



osteoporosis, 386, 467 

 Alaska ground squirrels, 286 

 Albino rat, ia mutation, see ia rat 

 Aloes olces, 347 

 Alcian blne-PAS stain, 535 

 Algae, 1, 4, 25, 42 



acid production, 3 



boring, 2, 3, 26, 27, 33, 55 



buried teeth, 129 



cementation, 47 



growth pressin-e, 3 



growth processes, 3, 5 



shell-boring, 55 

 Alimentary canal microflora 



cariogenic components, 269 



mother animals, 269 

 Alkaline earths, 452 

 Alkaline phosphatase, large osteocvtes, 



553 

 Alpha track autoradiography, 372, 374 

 Alpharadiography, 531, 535, 538, 543 



norethandrolone-treated chicks, 539 



rickets, 541 

 Aluminum, carious enamel, 199 



