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What vitamin promotes bone and blood formation by improving the absorption of calcium and iron?
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A. Vitamin C
B. Thiamin
C. Vitamin A
D. Vitamin D
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What vitamin promotes the formation of the cell membrane?
vitamin E
Why are vitamins necessary in diet?
vitamins are essential in diet because they prevent diseases such as rickets,osteomalacia ,scurvy. vitamin d promotes absorption of calcium and phosphorus compounds from intestines and enables the body to use these in formation of teeth and bones.
How does the integumentary system contribute to bone formation?
Your skin synthesizes vitamin D, which assists with calcium absorption. This calcium is part of the bone structure.
What is locally regulated in the blood by the active form of vitamin D which acts as a cofactor?
Ionic calcium: Calcium absorption is closely related to blood levels of ionic calcium. It is locally regulated by the active form of Vitamn D, which promotes active calcium absorption. pg 900 Anatomy Book
What leads to formation of calcium deposits in the blood vessels and kidney?
can you get calcium deposits in your kidneys
Which ingredient found in coffee and cola can decrease calcium absorption?
Caffeine: Caffeine has a small effect on calcium absorption. It can temporarily increase calcium excretion and may modestly decrease calcium absorption, an effect easily offset by increasing calcium consumption in the diet.
What is a parathyroid gland and what effect will this have on renal tubule function?
Parathyroid Hormone promotes calcium absorption from your kidneys and promotes phosphate excretion from the kidneys. Increasing parathyrodid hormone > increased calcium and decreased phosphateWHAT
The absorption of calcium increases during pregnancy because?
both high levels of the active form of vitamin D enhance calcium absorption and high levels of estrogen enhance calcium absorption are true
Is vitamin D good for teeth?
Yes. Vitamin D is essential in the formation and maintenance of bones and teeth by regulating the absorption and use of calcium and phosphorus. Without Vitamin D, your body will not utilize as much calcium as you ingest.
What is the site of calcium absorption?
jejunum
Oxalates can inhibit the absorption of what?
calcium
Calcium absorption increases when the body's calcium status is low?
true.
