Calcium Storage Story Flashcards
1
Q
Storage of calcium
pack or release? excess or decifit?
A
- Pack calcium when there’s an excess of calcium in the blood
- Release/take out when calcium needed elsewhere
- Hormones = messengers
2
Q
High blood calcium
pack/release? hormone? gland?
A
- Pack
- Calcitonin
- Comes from thyroid gland
3
Q
Low blood calcium
pack/release? hormone? gland?
A
- Munch/release
- Parathyroid hormone
- Come from parathyroids (sides of thyroid gland)
4
Q
Calcitonin
relation to calcium
A
stores calcium
5
Q
parathyroid hormone
relation to calcium
A
takes calcium
