Question: A 45-year-old Woman Presents For A Routine Annual Evaluation. She Feels Well, Has No Chronic Medical Conditions, And Takes No Medications. Physical Examination Is Within Normal Limits. Routine Laboratory Testing Identifies Serum Calcium Of 10.6 Mg/dL. Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) Scan Shows Reduced Bone Density. Serum Level Of A Peptide Hormone …

A 45-year-old woman presents for a routine annual evaluation. She feels well, has no chronic medical conditions, and takes no medications. Physical examination is within normal limits. Routine laboratory testing identifies serum calcium of 10.6 mg/dL. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan shows reduced bone density. Serum level of a peptide hormone is elevated. Which of the following cell types is the major binding target for this hormone? Fibroblasts Chondrocytes Endothelial cells Osteoblasts Osteoclasts O