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4_4CaPO4 Flashcards

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What percentage of the body’s calcium is intracellular?

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1%

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What percentage of body’s calcium is extracellular?

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.01%

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How does calcium exist in the blood?

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1) 9% complexed to anions, 2) 50% ionized, 3) 41% protein bound

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What are the functions of Calcium?

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1) neuromuscular excitability, 2) blood coagulation, 3) hormonal secretion, 4) enzymatic regulation, 5) structural integrity of bone

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What is the blood concentration of calcium?

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9.4 mg/dL = 1.2 mM = 2.4 mEq/L

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At what concentration of Calcium is a patient hypocalcemic?

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6 mg/dL

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What concentration does hypercalcemia occur at?

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12 mg/dL

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symptoms of hypercalcemia

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12 mg/dL = neuromuscular depression; 15 mg/dL = PTH poisoning and CaPO4 precipitates

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symptoms of hypocalcemia

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6 mg/dL = tetany, spontaneous neural depolarization; 4 mg/dL = death

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What percentage reduction in blood [calcium] leads to hypocalcemia?

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35

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How is calcium excreted?

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90% in feces; 10% in urine; regulated by PTH

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Describe the absorption of Calcium.

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35% bioavailable in the presence of (required) Vitamin D

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What is the concentration of HPO4?

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1.05 mM

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What is the concentration of H2PO4?

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0.26 mM

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How big of a change in total phosphate can the body tolerate?

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2-3 fold

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What are the components of bone?

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1) organic matrix; 2) bone salts

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function of the organic matrix of bone

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tensile strength

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function of the bone salts

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compression strength

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Describe the composition of bone’s organic matrix?

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90% collagen, 10% ground substance = proteoglycans = chondroitin SO4 + hyaluronate

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Describe the composition of bone salts.

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hydroxyapatite + Mg/K/Na/CO3 adsorbed to surface

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What is the formula of hydroxyapatite?

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Ca10.(PO4)6.(OH)2

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Describe the ECF of bone.

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supersaturated with Ca and PO4

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Why doesn’t the ECF of bone precipitate?

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pyrophosphate inhibitor

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Describe the formation of bone

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1) osteoblasts secrete collagen monomers and proteoglycans; 2) collagen polymerizes to form osteoid; 3) osteoblasts are entrapped to become osteocytes; 4) Ca++ precipitates to form hydroxyapatite

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What is osteoid
collagen polymers + proteoglycans
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Why is bone remodeled?
1) adaptation to loads; 2) replacement of brittle bone
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What is an osteon
an area of new bone
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How is an osteon formed?
1) osteoclasts eat out tunnel, 2) osteoblasts fill tunnel until vascular impingement
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How is osteoclast's Ca++ absorption stimulated?
PTH and Vit. D stimulate preosteoclasts via osteoBLAST release of OPGL. Differentiation to osteoclasts.
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How do osteoclasts resorb bone?
release proteases and acid from ruffled membrane
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What is the function of osteoblasts?
bone deposition
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How are osteoblasts stimulated?
stress, fractures; increase osteoblasts from osteoprogenitor cells
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What is the timeframe for osteoclast tunnel-carving?
3 weeks
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What is the timeframe for osteoblast invasion and deposition?
2-3 months
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What are the dimensions of the osteoclast-formed tunnel?
0.2-1 mM x 3 mM
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Describe Vitamin D synthesis.
1) skin: cholesterol - cholecalciferol; 2) liver: cholecalciferol -- 25-OH-D3; 3) kidney: 25-OH-D3 -- 1,25-OH-D3
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What is the formula of Vitamin D?
1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol
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How does vitamin D stimulate intestinal reabsorption of Ca and PO4?
increases CaBP, Ca-stimulated ATPase, alkaline phosphatase
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Describe the feedback inhibition in vitamin d synthesis.
1) 25-OH-D3 inhibits liver conversion; 2) PTH activates kidney conversion, but Ca++ inhibits PTH
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What are the functions of Vitamin D?
1) increase Ca/PO4 absorption, 2) regulate bone deposition (low) and reabsorption (high)
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What are the functions of PTH?
1) increase Ca/PO4 absorption from bone; 2) increase Ca/PO4 absorption from intestine 3) increase PO4 excretion; 4) decrease Ca excretion; 5) stimulate Vit. D synthesis for Ca absorption in intestine
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How many parathyroid glands are there?
4
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How is PTH secreted?
as pre-prohormone from chief cells
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When is PTH secretion stimulated?
by low Ca++ (rickets, pregnancy and lactation)
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When is PTH inhibited?
high Ca++ (diet, lots of Vit. D, excess bone absorption)
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Describe PTH's secretion in acute vs. chronic hypercalcemia.
chronic PTH secretion is more sensitive to low Ca due to PTH hypertrophy
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How does PTH exert its effects on bone?
1) Osteocytic osteolysis rapid phase; 2) osteoclast activating slow phase
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What is osteocytic osteolysis?
1) PTH acts on osteo cytes to absorb surface Ca and fluid, 2) osteocytes pump to osteoblasts at bone surface; 3) osteoblasts pump out Ca++ to ECF
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Describe the osteoclast activating slow phase of PTH on bone
PTH activates existing and generates new osteoCLASTS
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Where is calcitonin secreted?
parafollicular cells of the thyroid gland
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What stimulates calcitonin release?
increased [calcium]
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What is the function of calcitonin?
minor Ca++ homeostasis; promotes bone deposition: 1) decreases osteoclast absorption; 2) prevents formation of new osteoclasts
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What are symptoms of hypoparathyroidism?
tetany
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What are symptoms of hyperparathyroidism?
erosion of bone (can be completely eroded)
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What is the mechanism behind the hypoPTHism Ssx?
1) decreased osteoclast number and activity; 2) decreased bone and intestinal Ca++ absorption
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What is the usual cause of hyperparathyroidism?
tumor
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What is the mechanism behind hyperPTHism Ssx?
1) increased osteoclast # and activity; 2) increased bone/intestinal Ca++ absorption
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What are causes of osteoporosis?
1) lack of physical stress; 2) low estrogen; 3) old age; 4) malnutrition; 5) hyperPTHism
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What is the pathophys behind osteoporosis?
decreased bone matrix due to low osteoblast activity

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