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The hormone Calcitonin has the effect of reducing blood calcium levels. The hormone comes from the thyroid gland and works in basically three ways.
1. It works to slow absorption of calcium by the intestine.
2. It also inhibits the osteoclast (cells in bone that break down old bone tissue) that raise blood calcium levels.
3. It causes osteoblast (cells in bone that lay down new bone matrix) to form new bone.
This explanation is at it's simplest form of course.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 6y agocalcitonin is a hormone it regulate calcium level
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∙ 13y agoA common result of hyperparathyroidism is hypercalcemia, or an abnormally high level of calcium in the blood
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∙ 11y agoCalcitonin is a hormone that helps the body regulate calcium in the blood. If calcitonin levels are dysfunctional, blood calcium levels may be too high or too low.
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Does parathormone increase or decrease calcium levels in the blood?
It increases the concentration of calcium in the blood. Calcitonin decreases blood calcium levels.
What hormone works with the parathyroid hormone to decrease calcium levels in the blood and tissues?
calcitonin
What hormone decreases blood calcium hormones?
Calcitonin decreases calcium levels in the blood. A good way to remember it is "Calcitonin tones down the calcium."Calcitonin (just remember calciTONin, tones down blood calcium)
Glands or organs produces hormones that tend to decrease blood calcium levels?
The hormone calcitonin acts to reduce blood calcium
What hormone pairs are antagonists that regulate blood calcium ion levels?
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) and calcitonin regulate blood calcium levels. PTH increases the calcium concentration in the blood, and calcitonin decreases it.
What does Calcitonin causes?
a decrease in the blood concentration of calcium
What is negative feedback interaction between calcitonin and parathyroid hormone?
The parathyroid gland is the major regulator of blood Ca levels. When the Ca levels in the blood decrease, the parathyroid gland releases more parathyroid hormone. This in turn increases osteoclasts which results in more bone breakdown. this releases more Ca into the blood stream. When Ca levels in the blood increase the thyroid gland releases Calcitonin. this decreases the activity of the osteoclasts which in turn decrease the levels of Ca in the blood.
What hormone causes a decrease in blood calcium levels?
The hormone is called as calcitonin. This hormone is secreted by the parathyroid glands.
The major hormone that decreases blood calcium levels is produced in the?
Calcitonin is a hormone produced by the thyroid . This is the major hormone that acts to decrease blood calcium levels.
Low levels of calcium in the blood directly stimulate?
calcitonin
What hormones deal with the calcium levels in the blood?
Calcitonin, parathyroid hormone and vitamin D.
Name a hormone secreted by the thyroid gland that acts to lower blood calcium?
Calcitonin is the hormone that lowers calcium levels.
