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Antler — Continued 



hormonal influences, 360; see also 

 under Antler growth; Antler 

 shedding 



maturation, 348 



pedicle, see Antler pedicle 



resorption, 97 



status symbol, 339 



successive sets, 348 

 Antler cycle, 97, 348 



bionegative phase, 340 



biopositive phase, 340 



endocrinological factors, 351 



environmental factors, 346 



reproductive periods, 363 

 Antler death, 341 

 Antler growth, 361 



adrenal cortical hormones, 361 



androgens, 361 



cortisone, 361 



endocrine factors, 360 



gonadectomies, 360 



gonads, 355 



growth hormone, 363 



hypophysectomy, 362 



hypothyroidism, 361 



lactogenic hormone, 354 



mineralocorticoids, 361 



progesterone, 362 



rate, 339 



thyroid gland, 360 



thyroidectomy, 361 



thyroxin, 361 



zona glomerulosa, 361 

 Antler pedicle, 339, 343 



fibrocellular connective tissue, 344 



skin, circumcision, 343, 344 

 Antler shedding, 95, 97, 339, 341 



age influences, 353 



annual rhythm, 348 



bleeding, 344 



castration, 341, 354, 357; see also 

 Castrated deer 



control, 346, 353 



cortisone, 357, 362 



day-length changes, 353, 354 



denervated antlers, 360 



endocrine factors, 354 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Enovid, 357 



environmental factors, 346 



estrogen, 354, 357 



gonadotropins, 358 



growth pressure, 346 



hormones, 353, 354, 357 



hyperemia, 341 



internal influences, 353 



lactation, 354 



mechanism, 340 



neurovascular influences, 343 



norethynodrel, 357 



parathyroid gland, 361 



parturition, 354 



pituitary hormone, 358 



pregnancy, 354 



sex hormones, 354 



sex influence, 353 



spermatogenesis, 359 



summary, 363 



testosterone, 354, 357 

 Antler-stimulating hormone, pituitary 



gland, 362 

 Antler velvet shedding, 341, 348 



castration, 349, 354 



testosterone, 356 

 Antuitrin, 359 

 Apatite crystals, 166 



carbonate, 203 



denuded collagen, 505 



lactate, 640 



lattice, 256 



organic coating, 248 



stable phase, 256 



surface, 251 

 Apatite dissolution 



intracellular mechanism, 645 



protective surface deposits, 257 



uptake within osteoclasts, 645 

 Aplasia, alveolar bone, 307 

 Appositional pattern, jaw bone, 325 

 Aragonite, 62, 75, 83, 86 



ABO gland activity, 77 



electron micrography, 83 



needles in corals, 46 



shell surface, 75 

 Aragonitic mollusk shells, 71 

 Aragonitic nacreous shell, 73 



