Osteomyelitis Most Often Occurs in the Mandible BECAUSE of the Mandible's

Osteomyelitis most often occurs in the mandible BECAUSE of the mandible's thicker cortical plates and reduced vascularization.

A) Both the statement and the reason are correct and related.
B) Both the statement and the reason are correct but NOT related.
C) The statement is correct, but the reason is NOT.
D) The statement is NOT correct, but the reason is correct.
E) NEITHER the statement NOR the reason is correct.