Orthopedics | MCQs

Explanation

Rickets is a condition that affects children, causing softening and weakening of bones due to a deficiency of vitamin D, calcium, or phosphorus.

This leads to bowed legs, stunted growth, and other skeletal deformities.

Explanation

The major inorganic component of vertebrate bone is Calcium phosphate. 

Calcium phosphate is the primary mineral found in bones, making it the predominant inorganic constituent. 

Explanation

Spondylosis affects the vertebral joints.

Spondylosis is a term used to describe degenerative changes in the spine

Particularly in the vertebral joints and intervertebral discs.

It involves the breakdown of the cartilage and the formation of bone spurs in the spine

Which can lead to pain, stiffness, and decreased mobility.