Parathyroid Disease Flashcards
What is the function of the parathyroid?
Controls serum calcium levels
What 4 components are involved in calcium homeostasis
- Serum calcium
- Serum Phosphate
- 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-3
- Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)
What percentage of the total body calcium is stored in bone?
99%
What percentage of body’s calcium that is not stored in bone is bound to plasma membranes?
50% (of 1%)
What percentage of the body’s calcium that is not stored in bone is free or ionized and ready for use in physiologic functions?
40% (of 1%)
What is the most essential element in our bodies, and is the only element in the body that has its own regulating system?
Calcium
What are the primary functions of calcium?
Nerve conduction (electrical energy for our NS)
Muscle contraction (electrical energy for our muscular sx)
Bones and teeth (strength to skeletal sx)
Enzymatic co-factor for blood clotting
Required for hormone secretion and fx of cell receptors
Plasma membrane permeability and stability
What is the single most important factor in regulation of serum calcium?
Parathyroid hormone
What is PTH regulated by?
the level of ionized plasma calcium
Where is PTH secreted from?
the parathyroid gland in response to low calcium levels
What are the major targets for PTH action?
Kidney and bone
What does PTH do in the Kidney?
Increases renal calcium resorption in tubules (keeps it from being excreted in the urine)
Increases phosphate excretion by blocking reabsortption in the tubules
Increases conversion of Vitamin D to active form in kidney-this increases GI absorption of calcium
What are the two phases of PTH action on the bone?
Rapid phase (minutes) Slow phase (days)
What occurs during the rapid phase of PTH action in the bones?
PTH bind to receptors on osteoblasts and clasts
membrane pumps Ca from bone fluid which is transported into the blood stream
What occurs during the slow phase of PTH action in the bones?
Osteoclasts are activated and breakdown formed bone
this results in increased osteoclastic activity causing Ca to be released into blood stream increasing serum calcium levels
What is vitamin D-3 formed by?
skin w/ exposure to sunlight
What is vitamin D-2 formed by?
it is absorbed by our diet.
What activates Vitamin D-3
25-hydroxylation in liver and 1-hydroxylation in kidney into bioactive form. (needs to be activated in kidneys in response to PTH stim. (due to low Ca.) and low phosphate levels
What is the primary action of D3?
promotes intestinal absorption of calcium and phosphate and enhances bone absorption of Ca
As Ca levels increase PTH secretion _____, renal vitamin D activation _____, intestinal Ca absorption ___ and ___ in renal phosphate reabsorption.
As Ca levels increase PTH secretion decreases, Renal Vit D activation decreases, intestinal Ca absorption decreases and increases in renal phosphate reabsorption
What percent of phosphate is found in the bone?
85%
What form does phosphate take in serum?
Phospholipids, phosphate esters, inorganic phosphate (ionized).
What are the major functions of phosphate in the body?
Regulation of acid-base balance
Energy for muscle contraction (ATP)
What is the opposing hormone of potassium?
calcitonin
Where is calcitonin produced?
the thyroid gland