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What are the examples of brittle?
glass, ceramics, bones, etc.
Low vitamin D?
Brittle bones and teeth.
What can happen if calcium is not replaced in bone tissue?
Your bones can become brittle and there is a greater risk of bone fractures.Osteoporosis (gaps, lower bone density, or weak points in solid bones) occurs primarily where calcium is not being added to the bones. Lack of calcium or vitamin D, and lowered estrogen in women, can cause osteoporosis.
What happens if too much calcium is deposited in the bone?
Too much calcium makes the bones brittle.
Is sodium brittle?
Sodium itself is neither brittle nor a compound. It is a soft metallic element. Compounds of sodium are often brittle because they consist of a crystal lattice of oppositely charged ions. These ions are arranged in a manner so that opposite charges (which attract) are as close as possible and like charges (which repel) are as far as possible from each other, resulting in a rigid structure. If a force is applied to this structure it can cause part of it to dislodge from the rest.
What is the treatment for osteoperosous?
The treatment for osteoporosis is usually prescribed medications called bisphosphonates, such as alendronate and Ibandronate. Osteoporosis is a condition in which bones become brittle and very weak, leading to bone fractures.
What are the danger if the osteoporosis progresses?
Brittle bones. Ability to break bones easily.
Are bones brittle?
The averege human bones are not brittle, unless you have a condition of some sort.
Often seen in the brittle bones of the elderly?
Comminuted Fracture.Often seen in the brittle bones of the elderly
What bones disease is caused by lack of calcium in diet?
Lack of calcium is known as hypocalcemia, can cause brittle bones, abnormal heart beat, ocular lesions and subsequently increase the risk of osteoporosis, the most critical stage in which the bones appear spongy and become brittle.
Can Coca-Cola really make your bones brittle?
Coca Cola has been proven to cause calcium loss in bones. Phosphoric acid is the main ingredients that causes calcium loss in bones.
What lack in the diet of a person that suffers from brittle bones?
Brittle bones are often due to a major lack of calcium in a person's diet.
What happens to bones when thy're burned?
buned bones become brittle
result of demineralization in the bones?
Is called Osteoporosis and results in brittle Bones.
A result of demineralization in the bones?
Is called Osteoporosis and results in brittle Bones.
What is a sentence for brittle?
To be brittle is to be hard and breakable. An example sentence would be: The older she got, the more brittle her bones seemed to be.
What happens to bones when calcium leaches out?
They get brittle
