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CHRONIC PATHOLOGIES OF BONE AND
CARTILAGE
Nursing (RN)
Principles for Training & Clinical Practice **Overview
Subjects Favorites Bone Loss (Osteoporosis) References
Atlases & Directories 
Bone Destruction (Paget disease)
Nutritional deficiencies as a cause of bone
pathology (Osteomalacia)
Endocrinopathies as a cause of bone disease
(Hyperparathyroidism)

OSTEOPENIA & OSTEOPOROSIS

Osteopenia refers bone loss.
Osteoporosis refers to bone loss where the
severity is great enough to induce bone fracture.
Radiographic Definitions
Osteopenia refers to bone loss that is 1 to 2.5
standard deviations below the mean.
Osteoporosis refers to bone loss that is greater
than/equal to 2.5 standard deviations below the
mean.
- Now, we see images of healthy bone and
osteoporotic bone, which, it's easy to appreciate, is
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- Indicate that there is a loss of trabeculae: especially
the horizontal trabeculae, with thickening of the
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vertical trabeculae.
Key Causes
So let's address the key causes of transformation
from healthy bone to osteoporotic bone, which
we diagram, now, as a dense, healthy bone long
bone, transforming to a thinned out, porous bone
to help us remember what each of these is doing
to bone.
Indicate that increased age leads to senile bone
biology, meaning the biological potential of
osteoblasts and the cellular response to growth
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