Calcium regulation & the parathyroid gland

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Intracellular Ca2+ triggers what
muscle contraction
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as well as bone health what else is calcium an important ion for?
blood clotting
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3 sections feeding into pools of extracellular calcium? elect incorrect answer
large intestine
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name for bone-forming cells
Secrete osteoid (forms bone matrix)
Also begin mineralisation
Osteoblasts
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name for mature osteoblast
No longer secretes matrix, but is surrounded by it
Maintains metabolism, and participates in nutrient/waste exchange via blood
Osteocytes
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name for Osteoclasts
Function in resorption and degradation of existing bone
opposite of osteoblasts
Regulate Ca2+ release from bone
Osteoclasts
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select incorrect statement about osteoclasts
digest lipophilic molecules to prevent deficiency e.g. hypothyroid
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treatment for osteoporosis
bisphosphonates
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how many parathyroid glands are there
4
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what of PTH is not true
Secretion controlled by Vitamin K - reduces PTH as a secondary mechanism (-ve feedback)
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effect of PTH on PLASMA Ca2+ LEVELS
increase
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effect of PTH on PLASMA PHOSPHATE LEVELS
decrease
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what's untrue of HYPERPARATHYROIDISM
Treatment: dehydration, i.v. trisphosphonates, calcitonin (moderate cases), treat underlying cause
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vitamin D is obtained from sun (UV on skin), food, supplements, but where is it made (subsequent to needing w hydroxylation reactions to be activated?
cholesterol
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working in opposite way to PTH, what is untrue about CALCITONIN
is a physiological agonist to PTH
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what is untrue about Calcium metabolism
calmodulin and angiotensin 2 play a vital role in ca2+reuptake in adrenal glands
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as well as bone health what else is calcium an important ion for?

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blood clotting

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3 sections feeding into pools of extracellular calcium? elect incorrect answer

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name for bone-forming cells
Secrete osteoid (forms bone matrix)
Also begin mineralisation

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name for mature osteoblast
No longer secretes matrix, but is surrounded by it
Maintains metabolism, and participates in nutrient/waste exchange via blood

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