714 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Biochemical studies 



bone resorption, 557 



calvaria, 590 



osteol\tic effects, 589 

 Biologic half life, osteons, 375 

 Biological calcification, coral reefs, 



25 

 Biological decalcification, h\potheses, 



637 

 Biological life span, collagen, 580 

 Biology of caries, 261 

 Bionegative process, antler cycle, 340 

 Biopositive process, antler cycle, 340 

 Biopsy 



bone, 393 



iliac crest, 461 



palate, 305 

 Biotic zones, coral reefs, 35 

 Birds, osteoporosis, 429, 432 

 Birefringence 



carious zones, 218, 227 



enamel caries, 177, 180 



incipient carious lesion, 215 



striae of Retzius, 177 

 Bisexual occurrence of antlers, 355 

 Biyalye mollusks, sec Biyalyes 

 Bivalve shells, 2, 71 

 Bivalves, 1, 7, 25, 39, 55, 73, 86 



boring, nature and origin, 8 



byssal threads, 8 



California, 9, 12, 19 



ciliary currents, 8 



epifaunal habit, 8 



foot sucker, 10 



glands, 20 



Great Barrier Reef, 12 



hatchet-shaped foot, 8 



infaunal origin, 9 



mechanism of attachment, 8 



secretion of mucus, 12 



suckerlike foot, 14 

 Bivalvia, sec Bivalves 

 Bizarre resorption 



Paget's disease, 462 



radium-burdened bone, 455 

 Black Sea ovsters, 31 

 Black-tailed deer, antlers, 347 

 Blastocerus dichotomus, 349 



Blood and bone 



calcium transfer, 377 



ion transfer, 380 



niinute-to-minute ecjuilibrium, 379 

 Blood calcium, 371, 380 

 Blood cells, multinucleated, 527 

 Blood cholesterol, 305 

 Blood circulation 



alveolar bone, 298 



bone production, 305 

 Blood flow 



alveolar bone production, 315 



periodontium, 305 

 Blood plasma, calcium level, 371 

 lilood pressure, bivalve boring, 8 

 Blood vessels 



amorphous phigs, 422 



permeability, 300 

 Bodian's silver stain, 483 

 Body burden, radium, 378, 448 

 Bone 



accretion sites, 538 



aerobic glycolysis, 603 



alpharadiography, 535 



autoradiography, 451 



carbohydrate metabolism, 577 



cellular specializations, 489 



circulatory disturbances, 298 



collagenolytic activity, 664, 680 



diffuse fraction, 448 



electron micrography, 497 



functional adaptation, 321 



glycogen, 599 



glycolysis, 596 



glycolytic pathway, 585 



hexosamine, 426, 646 



in hibernation, 285, 294 



inner fluid layer, 568 



internal reconstruction, 322 



in vitro metabolism, 578 



ionic exchange, 372 



Krebs cycle, 578, 585, 593, 596 



lactate production, 596 



micrography, 447, 498 



mucoproteins, 425 



myristic acid, 424 



normal, sec Normal bone 



old and new, 475 



