Across
- 2. During childhood & adolescence, the ________ is slowly replaced by hard bone.
- 7. Cells responsible for bone matrix synthesis & mineralization found near bone surface.
- 8. Common fracture site associated with osteoporosis
- 9. Refers to bone density that is lower than normal peak density but not low enough to be classified as osteoporosis
- 11. bones and _______ strengthen when stressed by weight bearing exercises
- 13. Most abundant mineral in human body
- 14. Distal forearm fractures are an early marker of _____ skeletal fragility
Down
- 1. Osteoporosis is a paediatric disease with ________ consequences
- 3. Act as a storage area for minerals.
- 4. Bone resorbing cells.
- 5. Hormonal changes at _______ are one reason women have greater risk of osteoporosis than men.
- 6. Hormones such as _______ modulate bone formation.
- 10. Bones are at their most dense in our early 20's and this is called _________ bone mass.
- 12. Osteoporosis is often called a _______ epidemic