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Calcium & Phosphorus Metabolism Flashcards

1
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Where is calcium found in the body?

A
  • 1% is in the cells and organelles
  • .1% is in extracellular fluid
  • 98.9% is in bone
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50% of calcium in the body is found in what form?

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Ionized Ca2+

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3
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Which form of calcium is biologically active?

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Ionized Ca2+

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4
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41% of calcium in the body is found in what form?

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Bound to proteins:

  • Typically albumins
  • Cannot diffuse through capillary walls
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5
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9% of calcium in the body is found in what form?

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Combined with anions:

  • Citrate, phosphate, bicarbonate
  • NOT ionized
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6
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How much of calcium in the body is biologically active?

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50% Ionized Ca2+

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7
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What is a normal level of calcium in the body?

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9.4mg/dl (range 8.6-10.6)

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8
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Why is calcium mg/dl very tightly controlled?

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Very small changes can have a drastic effect

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9
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What is the effect of hypercalcemia?

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Depresses the nervous system:

  • Excess calcium shuts down the sodium-calcium pumps in nerves
  • Weakness, flaccid paralysis
  • Anorexia, constipation
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10
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What is the effect of hypocalcemia?

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Creates spontaneous nerve firing:

  • Insufficient calcium increases sodium concentrations in nerves
  • Spasm, tetany, seizures
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11
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Calcium is a major ___-ion in bone and teeth

A

cation

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12
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Phosphate is a major ___-ion in bone

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anion

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13
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Which mineral is fundamentally important in:

  • All glycolytic compounds
  • ATP, ADP, AMP, creatine phosphate
A

Phosphate

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14
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Which mineral is fundamentally important in:

  • Neurotransmission
  • Skeletal/cardiac/smooth muscle contraction
A

Calcium

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15
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Which mineral is fundamentally important in:

  • Enzymatic reactions
  • Hormone secretion; mediates hormone events
  • Blood clotting
A

Calcium

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16
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Which mineral is fundamentally important in:

  • Cofactors - NAD, NADPH
  • Lipids like phosphatidyl choline
  • Covalent modifier of enzymes
A

Phosphate

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17
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The majority of calcium and phosphate is tied up together in ___

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hydroxyapatite Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2

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18
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What is the normal level of phosphate in the body?

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3-4.5 mg/dl

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19
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Why aren’t phosphate levels as tightly controlled as calcium?

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Larger variations are needed before any symptoms

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20
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Where is phosphate found in the body?

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  • 85% is in bone
  • 14% is in cells
  • 1% is in extracellular fluid
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21
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How much dietary calcium should be consumed?

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About 1000mg of calcium/day

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22
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How much dietary calcium should be excreted?

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About 1000mg of calcium/day (900mg in feces, 100mg in urine)

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23
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Which vitamin is essential for the gut wall to absorb calcium?

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Vitamin D

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24
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How much calcium is absorbed by the gut wall?

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About 350mg/day

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25
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How much calcium is excreted by the gut wall?

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About 250mg/day

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26
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90% of calcium in excreted urine is reabsorbed in ___

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proximal filtrate

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27
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10% of calcium in excreted urine is reabsorbed in ___

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distal filtrate (depending on serum calcium levels)

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28
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Dietary phosphorus is readily absorbed ___ due to ___

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readily absorbed across the gut wall due to calcium binding

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29
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Phosphorus is excreted in urine via ___

A

overflow mechanism

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30
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When concentrations are below 1mmol/L, kidneys reabsorb all ___

A

phosphate

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31
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Above 1mmol/L, ___ excretes via overflow mechanism

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phosphate

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32
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Excretion of phosphate above 1 mmol/L is equal to ___

A

excess phosphate

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33
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Parathyroid hormone can greatly increase ___ excretion

A

phosphate

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34
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Phosphate control is mainly via ___

A

urinary excretion

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35
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Ca2+ movement between bone, gut, and kidneys is regulated by:

A
  • Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)
  • Calcitriol or Vitamin D
  • Calbindin
  • Calcitonin
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36
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Secretion of PTH is inversely related to ___

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plasma Ca2+ levels

37
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Release of PTH is monitored by ___ on cell membrane of parathyroid gland cells

A

Ca2+ sensing receptor

38
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PTH and ___ form a negative feedback pair

39
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As Ca2+ levels increase, PTH secretion ___

40
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As PTH secretion increases, Ca2+ levels ___

41
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What form of calcium regulates PTH secretion (within minutes)?

A

Ionized Ca2+

42
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What is the half life of PTH?

A

Less than 20 minutes

43
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How does hypercalcemia affect the parathyroid gland?

A

PTH synthesis is shut down and stores are degraded (glandular atrophy)

44
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How does hypocalcemia affect the parathyroid gland?

A

Gland hypertrophy

45
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What are the short term effects of PTH on bone?

A
  • Downregulate osteoblasts
  • Release of calcium and phosphate by osteoblasts and osteocytes

(reminder: PTH has a 20 minute half life)

46
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What are the long term effects of PTH on bone (persistent hypocalcemia)?

A
  • Stimulate production of osteoclasts and activates resorption of bone
  • Remove calcium phosphate salts from bone lying near these cells waiting to be mineralized
  • All constituents of bone are liberated
47
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Which constituents of bone are liberated by long term effects of PTH?

A
  • Calcium
  • Phosphate
  • Bicarbonate
  • Other minerals and proteins
48
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How does PTH affect the proximal and distal tubules of kidneys?

A
  • Increase Ca2+ resorption from distal tubule
  • Proximal tubule is very consistent, barring renal disease
49
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What is the most dramatic effect of PTH on the kidneys?

A

Inhibit resorption of phosphate; less phosphate to bind Ca2+, increasing serum calcium

50
Q

PTH stimulates synthesis of ___ in the kidney

A

Calcitriol, a Vitamin D metabolite

51
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What is the action of calcitriol in the kidneys?

A

Binds with cytosolic receptor and enters nucleus; stimulates protein synthesis of calbindin

52
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What is the action of calbindin in the gut?

A

Facilitates Ca2+ absorption

53
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Calcium absorption across the gut is facilitated by ___

A

calbindin

production stimulated by calcitriol

54
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Phosphate absorption across the gut is stimulated by ___

55
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What is the action of calcitriol in bone?

A

Stimulates bone resorption working with PTH

PTH stimulates synthesis of calcitriol

56
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How does calcitriol affect osteoblasts?
How does calcitriol affect osteoclasts?

A

Osteoblast receptors for calcitriol are signaled to form osteoclasts
Osteoclast receptors for calcitriol are signaled to increase activity

57
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The gut is affected by PTH indirectly via ___

A

calcitriol and calbindin production and release (from kidneys)

PTH makes these

58
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___ facilitates active transport of Ca2+ across the gut wall

59
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Calbindin facilitates active transport of ___ across the gut wall

60
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PTH causes increase of ___ and decrease of ___ in plasma

A

increase of calcium and decrease of phosphate in plasma

61
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How do the kidneys initially react to phosphate and calcium when prompted by PTH?

A

Kidney dumps phosphate and conserves calcium initially

62
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As plasma calcium levels rise and PTH levels decrease, how does the kidney react?

A

Kidney excretes more calcium so urinary calcium levels maintain homeostasis

63
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Actions of PTH on parathyroid, kidney, and gut increase ___ influx into blood

64
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How does PTH affect the kidney when plasma phosphate levels rise?

A

PTH action on the kidney overwhelms phosphate levels causing elimination of phosphate in the urine

65
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How is phosphate indirectly related to PTH?

A

Role of phosphate on PTH is indirect through mechanisms that lower calcium levels

66
Q

With increased phosphate, ___ is excreted in urine

67
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Increased phosphate leads to ___ dropping due to binding with phosphate, leading to ___ increasing and preventing ___

A

calcium dropping due to binding with phosphate, leading to PTH increasing and preventing metastatic calcification

68
Q

___ modulates hyperphosphatemic situations by increasing renal excretion of phosphate

69
Q

PTH modulates hyperphosphatemic situations by what effect on the kidney?

A

Increasing renal excretion of phosphate

70
Q

Vitamin D has a potent effect of increasing ___ absorption from the gut

71
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___ has a potent effect of increasing calcium absorption from the gut

72
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How is Vitamin D necessary to bone?

A

Needed to build bone, also important in bone resorption via its role in calcium metabolism
May play a role in bone remodeling as inflammatory mediator

73
Q

What is a major storage site for Vitamin D?

74
Q

Profound muscle weakness is seen in ___ deficiency

75
Q

Vitamin D is converted to more metabolically active metabolites in the:

A
  • Liver
  • Kidney
76
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Vitamin D is stored in the kidney as ___

A

calcitriol

77
Q

What gland cells produce calcitonin?

A

Parafollicular cells of the thyroid gland

78
Q

Calcitonin acts to lower plasma ___

79
Q

What is the relationship between calcitonin and PTH?

A

Calcitonin is a PTH antagonist

80
Q

Calcitonin binds to membrane receptors (in all cells of the body) causing ___ levels to increase

A

cAMP (cyclic adenosine monophosphate)

81
Q

cAMP as second messenger initiates ___ action

A

calcitonin

82
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Calcitonin sequesters calcium into ___, reducing serum levels

A

mitochondria

83
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How does calcitonin lower plasma levels of calcium?

A

Lowers cytosolic calcium, pulling calcium into cells (mitochondria)

84
Q

Which bone cells are inhibited by calcitonin?

A

Osteoclasts (because there’s less calcium available in the blood); this is the opposite effect of PTH

85
Q

Calcitonin has the same results as PTH on ___

86
Q

How is calcitonin’s effect of phosphate different from PTH’s effect?

A
  • Mechanism is different
  • Calcitonin enhances phosphate uptake into bone
87
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Basically, what is the effect of calcitriol on calcium?

A

Tries to conserve calcium; increases calcium in serum

88
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Basically, what is the effect of calbindin on calcium?

A

Binds calcium in gut; increases calcium absorption

89
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Basically, what is the effect of calcitonin on calcium?

A

Tones down levels of calcium; decreases calcium in serum

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