SUBJECT INDEX 



739 



Jamaica coral reefs 



communities, 25 



deep fore-reef slope, 37 



fore-reef, 37 



reef crest, 35 



reef systems, 36, 37 

 Japanese oysters, 4 

 Jaw bone 



apposition pattern, 325 



metabolic disease, 95 

 Jaw defects of sheep, hereditary, 157 

 Jaws 



modeling resorption, 323 



osteosclerosis, 328 



remodeling, 322, 323 



tumors, 92 

 Jaws and teeth, hard tissue destruc- 

 tion, 91, 297 

 Joint pains, ACTH effect, 399 

 Juices of herbage 



enzymes, 168 



pH,' 166 



Kannesteinen (Tobv-Jug Stone), Nor- 

 way, 103 

 Keratin 



absence in enamel matrix, 649 



chelating effect of, 115 

 Keratinized horn sheaths, antelope, 



339 

 Keratinohtic bacteria, 116, 648 

 Keratinous media, 115 

 «-Ketoglutarate, transamination reac- 

 tions, 599 

 Kidney, parathyroid hormone, 582 

 Kidney tubules 



calcium reabsorption, 407 



strontium reabsorption, 407 

 Kinetics 



bone metabolism, 430 



enamel dissolution, 251 

 Knoop hardness number, 157, 167 

 Krebs cycle, 166, 167 



bone, 580, 585, 593 



bone resorption, 616 



enzymes of bone. 578 



Labeled bone matrix, 479 



Labile bone, 471 

 Labile bone mineral, 377 



hibernation, 295 

 Lactate, 99 



see also Lactic acid 



apatite crystals, 640 



bone cultures, 621 



bone metabolism, 559 



dental plaque, 656 



parathyroid hormone, 559 

 Lactate concentration 



calvaria, 562 



enamel dissolution rate, 240 

 Lactate production 



bone, 596 



fluoroacetate, 595 



parathyroid hormone, 602 



pH effect, 598 

 Lactation, antler shedding, 354 

 Lactic acid, 64, 75 



see also Lactate 



bacterial metabolism, 220 



caries in vitro, 219 



effect on enamel, 218 

 Lactobacilli, cariogenic potential, 267 

 Lactobacillus 



acidophilus, 261, 267, 268 



arahinosus. Til 



casei, 219 



fennenti, 268 

 Lactogenic hormone, antler growth, 



354 

 Lacunar resorption, trabecular bone, 



551 

 Lacunar profile, erosion of enamel, 105 

 Lamina dura, 95 



bone apposition, 307 



bone resorption, 300, 307, 309 

 Lamellae of bone, low-densit\- areas, 



449 

 Lamellar bone, 477 

 Lankenau Hospital Conference, 415 

 Large crystallites, dentin caries, 193 

 Large osteoc)tes 



alkaline phosphatase, 553 



metachromasia, 551 

 Lathyric seed, osteolysis, 552 

 Laurence-Locarte densitometer, 422 



