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Rickets' is a vitamin deficiency disease of infancy and early childhood caused by lack of vitamin D. Rickets causes soft bones because enough vitamin D is not present to assist in calcium absorption. When enough calcium is not absorbed by
the bone, it does not harden properly, and is too soft to support the weight of the growing body properly.
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In what way does baked bones or bones soaked in acid resemble the bones of a child with rickets?
Bones soaked in acid resemble a child with rickets because acid drains them of Calcium, making them soft.
How are Rickets and Paget's disease similar?
They are rare diseases of bones and can lead to deformity.
In a person suffering from rickets why do the leg bones bend more than the arm bones?
The bones bend because they are not as strong as they should be. The legs bend because they bear weight and the arms don't.
What is difference of rickets and osteomalacia?
rickets are seen in children whereas osteomalacia is softaining of bone in the case of adults
A vitamin D deficiency can cause this abnormal metabolic bone disease?
RICKETS is a disorder caused y a lack of vitamin D,calcium,or phosphate.
Which part of your body does the disease-RICKETS affect?
Bones
What part of the body does rickets affect?
Rickets affects bones mainly legs,spinalcords...
How is rickets diagnosed?
Rickets is diagnosed by x-ray examination of leg bones
Which part of of the body does rickets?
Bones
In what way does baked bones or bones soaked in acid resemble the bones of a child with rickets?
Bones soaked in acid resemble a child with rickets because acid drains them of Calcium, making them soft.
What is a child's disease which the bones fail to calcify?
rickets
What are the chief differences between rickets and osteomalacia?
rickets r seen in children while oesteomalacia is softening of bones in adults...
What diseases cause holes in human bones?
If you have Rickets you can develop holes in your bones like I did when I was a kid.
What does rickets do to people?
Rickets is a softening of the bones in children, potentially leading to fractures and deformity.
In rickets bones are not properly calcified which demonstration specimens would more closely resemble the bones of a child with rickets?
The acid treated bone because it removes the minerals, primarily calcium salts.
What does rickets look like?
rickets is when your bones bend. This is because you do not get enough vitamin D. Vitamin D comes from the sun so be sure to get outside more often or you might get rickets.
Is rickets a vitamin d deficiency?
Rickets are symptom of vitamin D deficiency. It's a basically softening of bones usually in children due to lack of vitamin D, calcium or phosphorus. As such bones become more prone to malformity and fractures. Rickets are most common disease in childhood age.
