Question

Osteoporosis is caused by excess secretion of _______

• A. Hypothalamus
• B. Thyroid
• C. Parathyroid hormone
• D. Cortex

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Parathyroid hormone

Bones are made up of live cells with some bone cells dissolving and new bone cells growing back through a process called remodeling. With this lifelong turnover of bone cells, almost the entire skeleton gets replaced every 10 years. But with osteoporosis that is the thinning of bones bone loss outpaces the growth of new bones. bones this become porous, brittle, and prone to fracture. This gets accelrated with excess production of parathyroid hormone, causing osteoporosis because the excess hormone extracts calcium from your bones. leading to signioficant bone loss.