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lesya [120]
3 years ago
10

An elderly woman finds that her back hurts almost all the time. Her doctor tells her it is because she has osteoporosis. Why mig

ht a disease that causes her bones to thin make her back hurt?
A.) The bones of her vertebrae have lost calcium and crumbled enough to begin pinching the nerves leaving her spinal cord.

B.)The muscles in her back are slowly destroyed as the bones of her vertebrae get thinner and collapse.

C.)The motor neurons inside the bones of her vertebrae send pain messages to her brain as the bone dissolves.

D.) Her bones cannot support her skin and muscles adequately, and so the muscles cramp and hurt.
Biology
2 answers:
s344n2d4d5 [400]3 years ago
7 0

The correct answer is option A

The word osteoporosis refers to the medical condition in which the bone density decreases.

This problem is most common in females because after menopause there is a sudden decrease in the level of estrogen due to which the calcium level decreases. This hormone protects from osteoporosis.

The bones of the vertebrae lost calcium and crumbled to cause pain in back. This is caused due to pinching in the nerves leaving the spinal cord which ultimately causes pain in back.

mezya [45]3 years ago
3 0
A.) The bones of her vertebrae have lost calcium and crumbled enough to begin pinching the nerves leaving her spinal cord.
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