Skeletal changes in older adults are the result of:
a. increased bone deposition.
b. increased bone resorption.
c. decreased bone deposition.
d. decreased bone resorption.
B
With age, the skeletal system changes. One of the dramatic changes in skeletal equilibrium is that bone resorption dominates bone deposition.
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