Endo: Calcium & Phosphate Flashcards
What percent of calcium is stored in bone and as what type?
99% as crystalline form, bone and teeth
Resorption of bone/Ca is stimulated by ____ and inhibited by ____
stim: PTH, Vit. D
Inhib: Calcitonin
How much calcium is stored in bone?
4000 mg
What percent of calcium is absorbed in the GI?
20%
how much calcium is in the ECF?
10 mg/dl, 1%
Of the free calcium, what percent is ionized and active?
50%
0.9% of ECF calcium is stored in…
soft tissue, ER, mitochondria, membranes
0.1% of ECF calcium is stored in
1/2 bound: bicarb, albumin, phosphate
1/2 free
Kidneys filter ____ mg of Ca per day, making up ___% of filtered load
10,000 mg filtered
98% of filtered load
how much calcium is free and bound in blood?
8.6-10.6 mg/dl
what hormone increases intestinal absorption of calcium?
vitamin d (1,25 dihydroxy)
PO4 represents ___ % of filtered load. The kidney can reabsorb ____% of PO4 when needed…
10% of FL
70-100% can be reabsorbed
What percent of phsophate can be found in bone/teeth, and what percent in muscle?
85% bone/teeth
15% muscle
In cells ___% of phosphate is in mitochondria
80%
Calcium and PO4 are regulated by which two hormones?
Vitamin D and PTH
calcium and PO4 levels require coordinated action of what 3 tissue types?
bone, intestine, kidney
PTH is released by what cell type of the parathyroid gland?
chief cells
What inhibits the activity of PTH?
rising Ca levels
Mechanism of PTH secretion from chief cells?
Hypocalcemia →
Parathyroid Stimulation →
PTH Release →
PTH Acts on Bone, Intestine, Kidney →
↑ Ca