A 25-year-old friend tells you her mom was diagnosed with advanced osteoporosis. Your friend seems dispirited, feeling resigned to the same fate. Using the material you learned about the skeletal system, what supportive advice can you give your friend
for ways she can guard against her risk of osteoporosis?
What will be an ideal response?
She is still in the stage of life in which she is adding bone density. She can, through exercise and diet, increase bone density now, guarding against future osteoporosis risk.
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The extensive infolding of eukaryotic
membranes form structures that allow for a. the concentration of nutrients. b. greater surface area for metabolism. c. the transport of proteins. d. the protection of metabolic machinery. e. all of these.
Enzymes are
a. biological catalysts. b. agents that speed up cellular reactions. c. proteins. d. all of the above.
LDLs should make up about what percentage of total blood lipids?
a. 10 percent b. 20 percent c. 30 percent d. 40 percent e. 50 percent