Astronomy And Space Science: Your Bones In Space
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Hypogravitational Osteoporosis: A review of literature. By Lambert Titus
Parker. May 19 1987. (GEnie Spaceport)
Osteoporosis: a condition characterized by an absolute decrease in the
amount of bone present to a level below which it is capable of maintaining
the structural integrity of the skel ....
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.... the fibers consisting of calcium
phosphate [85%]; Calcium carbonate [10%] ; others [5%] which give it the
hardness and rigidity. Other than providing the rigid infrastructure, it
protects vital organs like the brain], serves as a complex lever system,
acts as a storage area for calcium which is vital for human metabolism,
houses the bone marrow within its mid cavity and to top it all it is
capable of changing its architecture and mass in response to outside and
inner stress. It is this dyna ....
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