What skeletal changes will occur in a college student who begins an exercise program consisting of lifting weights and running?

What will be an ideal response?


The weight lifting will build the mass of the muscles, which will be shown on the bones by increasing size and rugosity of markings and processes. The action of running will cause an increase in the density of the bones, and the prominence of tuberosities where thigh and lower leg muscles attach as they are pulled upon by the muscles in aerobic function.

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