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Okay, the question here is a 65 year old woman comes to the office for a screening test for osteoporosis.
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She is 173 centimeters tall and weighs 45 and the body mass index is 15.
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So particularly it is very low, very slow.
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It says vital signs are within normal limits.
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Physical examination shows no other abnormalities.
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Next scan shows a z -score of 3 at the left hip.
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So practically she has osteoporosis of the left hip.
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The most likely underlying cause of this patient's condition is dysfunction of which of the following cell types.
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You have chief cells of the parathyroid gland, follicular cells of the thyroid gland, osteofil cells of the parathyroid gland, parafollicular cells of the thyroid gland, or the zona aglomerulosa cells of the supragonal or adrenal gland.
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In this case the most likely answer is going to be option a.
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That is the chief cells of the parathyroid gland.
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Remember that osteoporosis is a condition characterized by low bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue, leading to an increased bone fragility and susceptibility to fractures...