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What are two minerals that make up most of the mass of bone?
We have to consider that the bone is a very dense, specialized form of connective tissue. Like reinforced concrete of building constructions, bone matrix is predominantly a mixture of tough fibers, such as, type I collagen fibrils, which resist pulling forces; and solid particles, e.g., calcium phosphate as hydroxyapatite crystals, which resist compression. Both volumes in the bone, collagen and calcium phosphate, are nearly equal.
What is the chemical formula for blood?
Bone is made up mostly of calcium phosphate. There are many other different components to bone which are not fully understood, such as collagen and other organic chemicals. The molecular formula of calcium phosphate is Ca3(PO4)2. This is made of three Ca2+ ions and two PO43- ions.
Collagen and calcium hydroxyapatite are the primary constituents of?
Bone
What is the importance of minor inorganic salts to living organisms?
Minor inorganic salts help to maintain the pH of the living organism. They also act as catalysts in certain biochemical reactions.
Why does bone density decrease when there is more calcium in your blood?
The average elderly man or woman of around 65 yeas of age, has a negative calcium balance and a bone mass which is gradually depleting (osteoporosis). In older postmenopausal women, who have been in their menopause for at least five years or more, evidence suggests that the effectiveness of a higher intake of calcium to ward off or delay bone depletion, is at best unclear or has no effect. Exercise in youth is a factor which improves bone density in old age. Evidence also suggests that a calcium supplementation does not prevent bone loss for lactating women who breast-feed their babies and only slightly enhances the gain in bone density after the children are weaned. Supplementation with calcium citrate malate has been seen to be more effective than supplementation with calcium carbonate, depending on the doses tested. Calcium intake needs to be supplemented with vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) in order to be most effective, rather than with just calcium.
The hardness of bone is primarily due to the mineral salt?
calcium-phosphate salt crystals
The salts that form tiny crystals in the intercellular matrix of bone tissue consist largely of?
The salts that form tiny crystals in the intercellular matrix of bone tissue consist largely of calcium phosphate.
What is calcium phosphate?
Calcium phosphate is the main mineral from which bone is comprised.
What molecules give bone it's hard characterictics?
Specifically is the deposition of crystals of calcium phosphate that cause the replacing cartilage by bone, that is, chondrocytes are replaced by osteoclasts.
What is the mineral found in the bone?
Calcium
Who exemplifies a positive feedback process happening in bone mineral deposition?
the first few crystals to form attract more calcium and phosphate
Location of mineral salts in bone?
The bone matrix is hard due to the primary salt of calcium chloride.
What accounts for almost two-thirds of the mass of bone tissue?
Calcium phosphate (This answer was found in my Anatomy book)
What are two minerals that make up most of the mass of bone?
We have to consider that the bone is a very dense, specialized form of connective tissue. Like reinforced concrete of building constructions, bone matrix is predominantly a mixture of tough fibers, such as, type I collagen fibrils, which resist pulling forces; and solid particles, e.g., calcium phosphate as hydroxyapatite crystals, which resist compression. Both volumes in the bone, collagen and calcium phosphate, are nearly equal.
What is the substance that gives bone its hard quality?
calcium phosphate
What is the calcium-phosphate salt that mineralizes bone tissue?
Hydroxyapatite
What is one mineral that is found in bone?
Calcium and phosphorous.bone-noun 1.Anatomy, Zoology .a.one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.b.the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.source: dictionary.com
