The metabolic disorder that causes decreased bone mass and makes the bones become brittle and fracture easily is ____. 

A. osteoporosis
B. scoliosis
C. bursitis
D. tendonitis
E. Paget's disease


A. osteoporosis
Osteoporosis causes decreased bone mass, resulting in brittle, easily fractured bones.

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