Understanding the Skeletal System: Strength, Aging, and Diseases

One of the strongest support systems of the human body is the skeletal system. The skeletal system is comprised of hundreds of bones that help protect our delicate internal organs. For example, our twelve pairs of ribs are designed to protect the heart, in which circulates blood throughout the body and allows us to survive. Both bones and muscles work simultaneously to also allow us to preform physical activities such as walking, running, and climbing. In order to continue preforming these day-to-day activities, it is important to keep our bones strong and healthy throughout our lifetimes.
Unfortunately, as one begins to age, bones can begin to lose their density. Osteoporosis is a skeletal disease that causes the bones in the human body to become very weak and brittle. This is dangerous because even the

Again, a diet that is rich in calcium and vitamin D is essential to prevent bones from becoming thin and brittle, thus making them easier to facture. If consuming the proper vitamins and nutrients becomes difficult, a variety of dietary supplements can be useful to ensure recommended daily intake. According a research study, it is more cost effective to recommend these two dietary supplements to the elderly because if doctors treat early onset osteoporosis with calcium and vitamin D, by the time these same elderly individuals reach the age of 80, the cost of treatment is much more cost effective. Those that receive no type of treatment for early onset osteoporosis are more prone to factures, internal injuries due to fractures, and hospitalization costs with pain medication increase for the elderly by the time they reach 80. In contrast, those that treated osteoporosis earlier in their lifetime have an increased physical ability because of adequate daily