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Q: Briefly describe the role of osteoclasts and osteoblasts in bone growth and
development.
Answer:
Osteoclasts- Bone resorption, Breaks down, Take 20 days.
Osteoblasts- Builds Bone
Q: Describe the ratio of activity between osteoblasts and osteoclasts during the life
stages of
Answer:
childhood, young to early midlife and then after the age of 40. Phase 1- Osteoblasts >
Osteoclasts -> build
Phase 2- Osteoblasts= Osteoclasts -> Balance
Phase 3- Osteoblasts < Osteoclasts -> Lose
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Q: Define peak bone mass. Sarah is 25 and Sonia is 34. Have either or both of them
reached their peak bone mass?
Answer:
Peak bone mass- When your bones will best developed in a time span (25- 30 years
old). Sarah just starting her peak bone mass. Sonia reached it already.
Q: How is cortical bone different than trabecular bone?
Answer:
Cortical bone- Rigid dense, 80% of skeletal bone Trabecular Bone- Less Dense,
Spongy, 20% of skeletal bone
Q: Define osteoporosis and which type of bone is more likely to be associated with
osteoporosis?
Answer:
Osteoporosis- A condition in which bones become weak and brittle.
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Q: Identify risk factors for developing osteoporosis?
Answer:
Why are women more at risk than men? Why is being underweight a risk factor for
osteoporosis? - Gender, age, low body weight, race and ethnicity, estrogen
deficiency, smoking, family history, activity, calcium, vitamin D, A, K, protein.
Q: Women stop producing estrogen during menapos, can't hold as much calcium in
bones
Answer:
because we can't hold onto it as easily. Estrogen is a part of excreteing calcium. More
is lost.
If you're underweight same thing happens as menopause, stop producing estrogen,
less
calcium.