Bone matter
A seventy- eight- year- old retired schoolteacher went to her doctor for a routine checkup and was diagnosed with osteoporosis. Her bone density test did, in fact, indicate a loss of bone matter.
--- Is "bone matter" the same as "bone marrow"?
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No. Bone marrow is a specific thing whereas 'bone matter' just suggests bone in general. I would think that the 'bone matter' referred to would be the hard bone which provides strength, rather than the internal marrow.
- No.
- Bone marrow is a specific thing whereas 'bone matter' just suggests bone in general.
- I would think that the 'bone matter' referred to would be the hard bone which provides strength, rather than the internal marrow.
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No. Bone marrow is a specific thing whereas 'bone matter' just suggests bone in general. I would think that the 'bone matter' referred to would be the hard bone which provides strength, rather than the internal marrow.
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