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What is bone atrophy?
Atrophy is the wearing away of an organ or tissue because of lack of use. Bone Atrophy, obviously, is atrophy of bones.
What is atrophied?
Atrophy is the wearing away of an organ or tissue because of lack of use. Bone Atrophy, obviously, is atrophy of bones.
What is reduction in the quantity of bone or atrophy of skeletal tissue?
Osteoporosis
What results in the disuse of muscle and bone?
When muscle and bone are not used, they become weaker. This is called atrophy.
Bone density different between swimmers and runners?
Runners will have a higher bone density than swimmers because their whole body weight is always acting on the skeleton for the duration of that activity, but during swimming half of the swimmers weight is not acting on the skeleton for the duration of that activity, signaling the body that it does not have to rebuild the bone as much. Runners: higher bone density Swimmers: lower bone density
What causes atrophy and thinning of bone owing to hormonal changes or inactivity?
osteoporosis
Disuse such as that caused by paralysis or severe lack of exercise results in muscle and bone what?
atrophy
Atrophy and thinning of bone owing to hormonal changes or inactivity generally in the elderly is called?
Osteoperosis
Astronauts exercise when in space because bone atrophy under conditions of weightlessness or lack of?
my answer is gravity
What is the medical name for abnormal loss of bone tissue?
Osteopenia is the medical term meaning lower-than-normal bone mass. If bone loss is significant, osteoporosis may result.
What is the term that means reduction in the quantity of bone or atrophy of skeletal tissue often leading to fractures in the elderly?
Osteoporosis
Is bone Atrophy always reversible?
i have atrophy in my nee is that reversible? i has accident 2 year ego and have 4 operation in me leg i have almost one year without moving i am moving yet but a need know if it is reversible
