Question 16 • Health Science Concepts A1 – EDGNTY-83861 26-27
Osteoporosis, osteomalacia, and osteomyelitis are diseases that affect bone. Osteoporosis weakens bones, osteomalacia softens them, and osteomyelitis is an infection of bone. Polymyositis, fibromyalgia, and muscular dystrophy primarily affect muscles or cause widespread pain rather than being bone diseases.
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