Chapter 6, Problem 40R

Rickets results in improper bone development in children that arises from the malabsorption of calcium and a deficiency in ________. vitamin D vitamin C vitamin B12 niacin

A type of cancer that occurs in blood-making cells found in the red bone marrow is known as a/an __________________________. primary bone cancer Ewings sarcoma myeloma osteochondroma

An obese patient comes to the clinic complaining of swollen feet and ankles, fatigue, shortness of breath, and often feeling spaced out. She is a cashier in a grocery store, a job that requites her to stand all day. Outside of work, she engages in no physical activity. She confesses that, because of her weight, she finds even walking uncomfortable. Explain how the skeletal muscle pump might play a role in this patients signs and symptoms.

The term _____________ describes any pathologic change or disease in the spinal cord. myelopathy myopathy pyelitis pyrosis

The chronic degenerative disease of the liver characterized by scarring is known as serosis. ________________________________

The surgical fracture of a bone to correct a deformity is known as osteclasis._________________

If you were a dietician who had a young female patient with a family history of osteoporosis, what foods would you suggest she include in her diet? Why?

Mineralization of bone tissue requires_______. a. calcium ions b. osteoclasts c. elastin d. all of the above

Why are osteocytes spread out in bone tissue? They develop from mesenchymal cells. They are surrounded by osteoid. They travel through the capillaries. Formation of osteoid spreads out the osteoblasts that fanned the ossification centers.