a. Describe the changes seen in bone structure as bone progresses from \"normal\

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a. Describe the changes seen in bone structure as bone progresses from "normal" to 'osteoporotic' b. Osteoporosis increases the risk of fractures. What parts of the body are most affected? c. At what age does bone mass peak? d. What is the lifetime risk of fracture, above the age of 50, for both Australian men and women? e. What behavioural risk factors can increase the risk of osteoporotic fractures? f. How is the most common fracture type treated? g. The graph below shows the relationship between osteoporotic fractures and mortality for women. Describe this relationship.

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b. Osteoporosis mainly affects all bones in the body. Bone is made up of elastic fibres, minerals and this bone breaks are commonly seen in the hip, wrist, spine. From the age of 35, certain amounts of bone materials are decreased. In this figure, the mortality rate increase in fracture population with age of 85 or above.

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