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A common reason in females is decreasing levels of estrogen. Vitamin D is essential for bone health and exercise helps keep the calcium in the bones. Men can also hace osteoporosis but it is not as common as females.
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The addition of new bone on top of existing bone to increase bone thickness is called?
appositional growth.
A long bone grows in thickness as bone tissue is deposited beneath its what?
periosteum
What enhances bone thickness?
Calcium (milk, dairy etc.)
Which unit of measurement is the most appropriate to measure the thickness of the cortical bone?
millimeters
What are changes in bone thickness vision and hearing called?
it is called physical development
Which unit of measurement is the most appropriate to measure the thickness of the bone tissue?
millimeters
What does bone marrow do for bones?
Bone marrow inside the bones creates blood when we lose it. Although blood can be lost fast, we reproduce blood very slowly not to lose all of our bone marrow at once.
Does a chipped bone in your foot repair itself?
Yes, because of the bone thickness it will be able to heal. Restrain from physical activity on the heel. When healed ware brace to keep the healed bone strong.
What is it called when individual grows to adulthood is the thickness (diameter) of bone increased?
Appositional growth is the process by which old bone that lines the medullary cavity is reabsorbed and new bone tissue is grown beneath the periosteum, increasing bone diameter.
Wolff's law is concerned with?
Holds that a bone grows or remodels in response to the demands placed on it.
How much bone density do astronauts lose per month while in space?
1% of their bone.
Why do you lose bone density in space?
astronauts lose bone muscle because they are not used to the gravity conditions in space. They will also lose muscle and need to excersing while in space and also before leaving Earth.
