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softindg on the bones is diease which vitamin​

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Answered by Anonymous
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Answer:

Vitamin D is essential for strong bones, because it helps the body use calcium from the diet. Traditionally, vitamin D deficiency has been associated with rickets, a disease in which the bone tissue doesn't properly mineralize, leading to soft bones and skeletal deformities.

Answered by thehardikpatel
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➡It is due to the deficiency of

vitamin -D

it is called as calciferol.

➡Vitamin -D behaves more like a hormone than as the cofactor of an enzyme.

Deficiency symptoms ::

➡It's deficiency leads to Rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.

➡It's deficiency leads to weakness of bones.

Sources of vitamin -D ::

➡Cod liver oil.

➡Skin can synthesise vita-D in the presence of sunlight.

Functions of Vitamin -D

➡It increases calcium absorption from the gastrointestinal tract.

➡Helps in the calcium deposition in the bone.

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