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Ok, this will be necessarily brief, but Vitamin D acts more like a hormone in your body than a vitamin, and proper amounts of D affect calcium uptake. And lots of other processes.
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What aids bone development?
Calcium and vitamin A help to aid in bone development. Eating a good diet also helps to continue healthy bone development.
Which feature of the skin helps bone development?
Vitamin D production
What do you get from lack of vitamin a?
Night blindness, measles, slow bone development, Xerophthalmia
What two conditions necessary for bone development and maintenance?
Vitamin D and Calcium...i think
What vitamin do you need for your bones to develop?
Your bones need calcium for developing and strengthening. (Same for teeth).Vitamin D is important in bone development.
What is the dominant nutrient found in bone?
Bones require large amounts of calcium and phosphorus. Also Vitamin D is important for bone development.
How can you detect vitamin d deficiency?
Since vitamin D is necessary for bone development and growth, some sort of problems will occur in the bones. In children is causes something called rickets and in adults it will cause thin and/or weak bones. These are called osteopenia (little bone) and osteoporosis (bone with holes).
How does calcium affect your skeletal system?
Calcium is needed to repair bone tissue making them strong and dense.
What can vitamin a do for you?
The main functions of Vitamin A are the repair and maintenance of body tissue, infection resistance, Bone growth and helps develop nervous system. It is found in milk products, spinach, carrots etc. Lack of Vitamin A can lead to Night Blindness (not being to see in the dark) Bone growth cessation diarrhoea dry skin. So, really; Vitamin A is rather quite important!
Why should you eat vitamin A enriched food?
Because Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin so it is involved in the formation and maintenance of healthy skin, hair, and mucous membranes. Vitamin A helps us to see in dim light and is necessary for proper bone growth, tooth development, and reproduction.
How is rickets spread?
by not taking enough vitamin d as a person with rickets does
What promotes bone dismantling prior to bone elongation?
Vitamin A
