SUBJECT INDEX 



Osteoporosis — Continued 

 aged females, 415 

 aging, 386, 467 

 alveolar bone atrophv, 424 

 birds, 429, 432 

 bone failure, 386; see also Bone 



failure 

 bone turnover rate, 458, 460 

 cage laver fatigue, 432 

 calcium balance, 392, 426 

 case material, 387 

 castrates, 429 

 degenerative disease, 424 

 densitometry of bone, 422 

 diabetes, 437 

 earlv diagnosis, 422 

 electron microscopy, 424 

 endocrine influences, 434 

 endocrinopathy, 424 

 experimental animals, 432 

 genetic factors, 418, 433 

 gonadal influence, 429 

 growth hormone, 401 

 hibernation, 289 

 hypercorticoidism, 429 

 idiopathic, 424 

 increased resorption, 461 

 local agent, 424 

 lumbar vertebrae, 454 

 metabolic balance studies, 400 

 metabohc tolerance tests, 391 

 mice, 433 



microradiographv, 422, 460 

 mucopolysaccharides, 426 

 mucoproteins, 435 

 nitrogen balance, 392 

 osteocyte counts, 419 

 peptides, 437 

 phosphorus balance, 392 

 phvsiologic aging, 416 

 placebo ps\chotherapy, 436 

 postmenopausal, 386 

 proline tolerance test, 390 

 racial influence, 418 

 radioisotope kinetics, 402 

 rats, 433 



sedentarv life, 433 

 sex, 418 



74-7 



sex hormones, 387 



structural bone, 414 



summary, 438 



unifying hypothesis, 439 



urinary indices, 417 



vitamin D, 433 



weight loss, 431 



White Leghorn hen, 432 



x-ray diffraction, 424 

 Osteoporosis treatment, 435 



exercise, 439 



human growth hormone, 400 



methandrostenolone, 399 



polvsaccharides, 408 



proline injections, 392 



tranquilizers, 436 

 Osteoprogenitor cells, resorptive areas, 



486, 487 

 Osteoprogenitor state, osteoblasts, 487 

 Osteosclerosis, jaws, 328 

 Owen's contour lines, dentin, 98 

 Oxalate, 99 



dental erosion, 114 



saliva, 114 

 Oxeas, 30 

 Oxidase 



giant cells, 523 



osteoclasts, 511 

 Oxidative enzymes, giant cells, 520 

 Oxidative phosphor\'lation, uncou- 

 pling, 600 

 Oxycorticosteroids, protein break- 

 down, 430 

 Oxygen, resorption, 490 

 Oxygen consumption, calvaria, 502 

 Oxygen effect, bone-resorbing cofac- 



tor, 632 

 Oxygen tension 



bone resorption, 609 



parathyroid action, 619 



and parathyroid extract, interde- 

 pendence, 619 



and vitamin A, interdependence, 

 628 

 Oxygen uptake 



fluoroacetate, 594 



nialonate, 593 



