A child presents with bone deficiency and a bowlegged appearance. This assessment data supports a diagnosis of:
a) Rickets
b) Osteoporosis
c) Osteomalacia
d) Paget disease
Answer:
a) Rickets
Explanation:
Rickets occurs at the early stage of childhood due to inadequate vitamin D.
Vitamin D provides the body with higher absorption rate of calcium and phosphorus, inadequate intake of Vitamin D results into low calcium and phosphorus levels in the bones, as a result, rickets sets in.
Rickets is a disarrangement of impaired mineralization of cartilaginous growth plates in children. It can also result from lack of exposure to sunlight.
Answer:
Salinization most often occurs on irrigated land as the result of poor water control, and the primary source of salts impacting soils is surface and/or ground water.
Explanation:
Division of labor is essentially when tasks are divided and carried out by specific parts. This occurs in cells, where different tasks are distributed among different parts, referred to as the organelles. For example, the mitochondria in the cell produce energy to carry out cellular activities. The nucleus is involved in cellular division and other genetic functions. In such a manner, the "labor" that a cell has to perform is divided among its organelles.
Plants and trees use photosynthesis
