Chemical-Coordination-And-Integration Question 37
Question: Blood calcium levels are maintained because the bones act as a calcium sink in which calcium can either be stored or procured based on the body’s needs. If a person secretes too much parathyroid hormone (one possible factor in the bone disease osteoporosis), what happens to calcium levels in the body?
Options:
A) Bone stores are depleted and the kidney move calcium.
B) Bone stores are depleted and the kidney’ retain calcium.
C) Blood levels of calcium may read high
D) Both [b] and [c]
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Answer:
Correct Answer: D
Solution:
[d] In response to an excess of parathyroid hormone, the body works to conserve calcium.
Liberation of calcium from the bones and retention by the kidneys may result in high blood levels.
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