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What is red pick bone?
Pickbone or pick bone was a common material for knife handles. It is usually the shin bone of a cow dyed in various shades. A texture is picked or jigged into the bone surface. This style of picked / grooved / textured knife handle is called pick bone.
How does a bone become weak in an older person?
weak bone are ageing problem....just some harmonal changes causes demineralisation of bones lead to fraible and weak bone specially in females...just deficiency of estrogen after meonpause causes osteoporosis...hence weaker bones
What disease causes the bones to become fragile?
The disease that causes bones to become weak is called "Osteoporosis".
What causes flatness on the parietal bone at back of head?
What causes flatness on the parietal bone at the back of the head
What is a bone marrow biopsy?
it is a bone that has a marrow in the middle of the musle that causes the bone to have a marrow biopsy
What makes the bone scar?
having a broken bone when it heals it causes scarring
Why do athletes have denser bones than non-active people?
Athletes consistently put force on their bones through activity. Force causes tiny electrical currents within the bone. These electrical currents stimulate the bone-forming activity of Osteoblasts. Since Osteoblasts produce bone tissue, this causes the bone to become denser and stronger.
What causes bone infections?
lack of calcium
A muscle causes a bone to move by?
contracting.
What are the causes of osteopetrosis?
Osteopetrosis is the result of a genetic defect that causes the body to add new bone more rapidly than existing bone disintegrates.
What is is osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is a condition where bone creation is outpaced by bone loss. This causes bones to become brittle, and even mild stresses can lead to fracture. Osteoporosis can affect anyone, but white and Asian women past menopause are at highest risk.
What happens to the intervertebral discs as a person ages that makes a herniated disc more likely?
The problem with aging spines is the fact that bone becomes lost and the vertebrae become thin. This thinning is called osteopenia (little bone) and (worse) osteoporosis (thin bone). The lower the vertebra in the vertebral column the more weight that is put on it and more likely it will become compacted. This causes the disc to herniate.
