osteoporosis
Bones become porous
Osteoporosis is a condition in which bones become porous and fragile, making them prone to fracture.
The disease develops when bone density decreases faster than the body can rebuild it, most commonly affecting older adults, especially postmenopausal women.
Her doctor diagnosed osteoporosis after she broke her hip in a minor fall.
Internal supportive framework
- vertebraeInterlocking bones of spine
- spineColumn of vertebrae
- hipFashionable or pelvic joint
- femurUpper leg bone
pelvis · tibia · radius · ulna · wrist · ribs · collagen · trabecular
Breaks in rigid material
- brittleLiable to shatter
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- breakableCapable of shattering
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
crack · crumble · weak · vulnerable · stooped · kyphosis · hunched
End of fertility
- postmenopausalAfter menstruation ends permanently
- agingGrowing older over time
- sedentaryCharacterized by much sitting
- smokingInhaling burning tobacco
alcohol · corticosteroids · amenorrhea · hypogonadism · thyroid
Element twenty, builds bones
- dairyMilk-based foods collectively
- milkMammalian nursing fluid
- yogurtFermented milk product
- cheeseFermented milk solid
sardines · tofu · almonds · fortified · supplements · absorption · phosphorus · magnesium
Reduced bone mineral density
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- baselineStandard for comparison
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- radiographImage from radiation exposure
Female reproductive hormone
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- infusionSteeping to extract essence
- injectableAdministered via needle
skeleton
Internal supportive framework
femur · pelvis · tibia · radius · ulna · wrist · ribs · collagen · trabecular · cortical
fractures
Breaks in rigid material
shatter · crack · crumble · weak · vulnerable · stooped · kyphosis · hunched
menopause
End of fertility
- postmenopausalAfter menstruation ends permanently
- agingGrowing older over time
- sedentaryCharacterized by much sitting
smoking · alcohol · corticosteroids · amenorrhea · hypogonadism · thyroid
calcium
Element twenty, builds bones
cheese · sardines · tofu · almonds · fortified · supplements · absorption · phosphorus · magnesium · protein
osteopenia
Reduced bone mineral density
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- baselineStandard for comparison
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
estrogen
Female reproductive hormone
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- infusionSteeping to extract essence
- injectableAdministered via needle
- orthopedicsorthopedic surgeon, orthopedic surgery, bone fracture, joint replacement, hip replacement
- Bone Diseasesosteomyelitis, osteosarcoma, osteonecrosis, osteopenia, bone cancer
- bone disordersrickets, bone fracture, broken bone, osteopenia, bone spur
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- diseasescancer, diabetes, tuberculosis, influenza, measles
- enfermedadesgripe, diabetes, cancer, hepatitis, tuberculosis
- osteoporosis preventionStopping bone mass loss
porous, porosity, bone density, osteopath, osteopathy, osteopaths, osteopathic, bone loss