Multiple choice

Deficiency of vitamin D in adults causes ____.

  1. osteoporosis

  2. osteoblast

  3. osteomalacia

  4. osteoma

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Vitamin D deficiency in adults causes osteomalacia, a condition of soft bones due to impaired bone mineralization. Osteoporosis is bone loss from aging, osteoblast is a bone-forming cell, and osteoma is a bone tumor. The adult equivalent of rickets is osteomalacia.