Milo is a 5-year-old boy who has a potbelly, a crooked vertebral column, fragile skull, bowed legs and weak muscles. He has been diagnosed with rickets. Milo's bones do not harden because he has low levels of vitamin D and thus cannot absorb sufficient calcium and phosphorus from his digestive tract. His parents were told to relocate to a city with warmer climate, and feed him vitamin D-fortified milk and cod liver oil. To speed up Milo's recovery, you are assigned to complete the following tasks: Locate/Identify the bones listed below. Identify the following: 1. Sternum sternum 2. Ribs 3. Atlas 4. Axis 5. Cervical vertebrae 6. Thoracic vertebrae 7. Lumbar vertebrae 8. Sacrum 9. Соссух 10. Vertebral foramen

Milo is a 5-year-old boy who has a potbelly, a crooked vertebral column, fragile skull, bowed legs and weak muscles. He has been diagnosed with rickets. Milo's bones do not harden because he has low levels of vitamin D and thus cannot absorb sufficient calcium and phosphorus from his digestive tract. His parents were told to relocate to a city with warmer climate, and feed him vitamin D-fortified milk and cod liver oil. To speed up Milo's recovery, you are assigned to complete the following tasks: Locate/Identify the bones listed below. Identify the following: 1. Sternum sternum 2. Ribs 3. Atlas 4. Axis 5. Cervical vertebrae 6. Thoracic vertebrae 7. Lumbar vertebrae 8. Sacrum 9. Соссух 10. Vertebral foramen

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Chapter12: Nutrition Through The Life Span: Infancy, Childhood, And Adolescence

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