Osteoporosis
What can osteoporosis lead to?
Greater risk of fracture when exposed to mechanical stress or trauma.
How does erythropoietin work?
By controlling red marrows generating red blood cells to carry oxygen to working tissues.
What are the primary minerals that bones are comprised of?
Calcium and Phosphate
What kind of exercise can be used to prevent osteoporosis?
Moderately intense exercise such as walking or jogging because they require structural support.
What is a strategy to improve red bone marrow production of blood cells without drugs?
High altitude training.
What do you call it when the skeletal system works with muscular and nervous system to create movement and respond to stimulus?
Musculoskeletal
How many standard deviations below the mean constitutes low bone density?
2.5
What is one way to improve aerobic capacity through the skeletal system that is illegal in competition?
Recombinant Human Erythropoietin (rEPO)
List examples of organs/tissues that the skeletal system protects.
Brain, spinal cord, heart, and lungs.
By what age on average should you maximize your bone health to prevent osteoporosis?
30
What would increased function of bone marrow lead to?
Increased red blood cells, more oxygen being carried throughout the body, and thus improved aerobic performance.
What happens if the body is low on calcium?
It uses the bones as a reservoir to pull calcium from.
What mineral should be consumed in order to slow or prevent osteoporosis?
Calcium
What can Recombinant Human Erythropoietin (rEPO) reduce the risk of?
Anemia.
What must attach where in order for limbs to move like levers?
Muscles attach to bones to work as a lever.