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Is Osteoporosis is a bone disease in which the bones become more dense?
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Osteoporosis is a bone disease in which the bones become less dense and more brittle. Osteosclerosis is the medical term meaning abnormal hardening of bone.
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What is a disease that cause bones to become less dense?
Osteoporosis
What does osteoporosis effect?
Osteoporosis affects the density of the bones in the body. It causes the bones to become less dense and thus weaker and more prone to breaking.
What is the disease in which the bones become less dense?
Oseteoporosis. "Osteo" is the root word meaning "bones", and the "porous" part indicates that the bones aren't as solid as they should be.
What is osteoporosis and who is most affected?
Older women are the most at risk due to a loss of certain hormones as they age. The condition is one where the bones become less dense making them brittle and easy to fracture.
In Old age bone may become?
When a person becomes older, there bones will become more dense. When bones are more dense, they can break easily.
Is it true that Alzheimer's is a bone disease in which the bones becomes less dense?
No, it's a neurological disease. What happens to the bones may be age-related.
Does your circulatory sytem support the skeleton?
Yes. Your circulatory system does support the skeleton. If you have some heart problem and you may not be able to run or play some sport on the ground, your bones will be less dense. If you are bed ridden for some reason for say six months, you will get, what is called as osteoporosis. Your bones will become fragile and can get fractured with little trauma. Your bones will be more dense and strong, if you play on the ground or run a mile or two per day.
How do bones become less dense?
by drinking less milk or a calcium defficency
What can harm the skeletal system?
They maybe injured if you fall down or over something, or if you have a medical condition They may also be injured if you have bad bone diseases such as arthritis or osteoporosis. Arthritis-causes swelling or your bones become stiffened. Osteoporosis causes your bones to become less dense.
Does your bones get rotten when you get older?
Rotten would be an overstatement, but many older people experience a condition called osteoporosis in which their bones become more porous, less dense, and weaker, and break more easily as a result. This doesn't happen to everyone, but it is quite common. Making sure that you have enough vitamin D and enough calcium in your diet can help to avoid this problem.
What changes in the bone structure to cause them to go brittle?
What is referred to as 'brittle bones' is called osteoporosis. The change in the structure of bone that causes them to become brittle is a loss of bone density from a depletion of calcium. Think of Swiss cheese: it has holes in it. That is what osteoporosis looks like inside the bone. Instead of it being dense and filled with calcium, it has lots of holes in it, and so becomes weaker and more likely to break, or fracture.
Why do bones on old people break easy-er?
Osteoporosis is a condition that affects the bones, causing them to become thin and weak. Osteoporosis happens more commonly in old age when the body becomes less able to replace worn-out bone. Special cells within the bones, called living bone cells, are no longer able to break down old bone and renew it with healthy, dense new bone. As you get older, you also lose a certain amount of bone, causing the bones to become thinner. The bones become fragile and more likely to break (fracture), particularly the bones of the spine, wrist and hips. Bone is a living tissue that is constantly repairing itself. It is made of a hard outer shell, which contains a mesh of collagen (tough elastic fibres), minerals, blood vessels and bone marrow. This mesh looks a bit like a honeycomb, with spaces between the different parts. Healthy bones are very dense, and the spaces within bones are small. In bone affected by osteoporosis, the spaces are larger, making the bones weaker and less elastic. Bones are repaired and reinforced by a range of proteins and minerals, which are absorbed from the bloodstream. They include calcium, phosphorus, proteins and amino acids. The growth of sex hormones controls the amount of mineral substance deposited in the bones. Changes in hormone levels can therefore affect the strength of the bones. For example, the female hormone oestrogen offers some protection against osteoporosis. After the menopause, oestrogen levels fall, often causing the bones to thin quickly
