Calcium And Phosphate Flashcards
1
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Calcium
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1)The most prevalent cation in the body
2)about 1kg or 25mol in the body
3) 99% found in skeleton
4) soft tissues and extra cellular fluid has 1%
2
Q
Total ECF and plasmacalcium is at
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22mol and 9mol
3
Q
An adult requires about how many mol of calcium
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25mol
4
Q
How many mol is required during pregnancy lactation nd growth of child
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30mol
5
Q
Hormonal regulators of calcium and phosphorus is
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Parathyroid
Calcitonin
Vitamin D
6
Q
Parathyroid hormone
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A single chain polypeptide with 84 residues and 34 N terminal amino acids