02-20-2019, 08:41 AM
(02-20-2019, 06:39 AM)Jack Burton link Wrote:My understanding was that it was compression of the vertebrae, and in particular the discs between the vertebrae, that leads to loss of height as we age
Yes, and the body of each vertebra compresses over time as the articulating surfaces flare out. Osteologists/physical anthropologists (me) use vertebral compression as one of several indicators of age at death.
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