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What controls the metabolism of calcium?
Calcitonin Calcitonin Calcitonin
In mesothelial cancer of the pleura serous fluid is hypersecreted. How does this contribute to respiratory problems?
testicles
What hormone causes a decrease in blood calcium levels?
The hormone is called as calcitonin. This hormone is secreted by the parathyroid glands.
A hormones that act as an agonist to calcitonin?
Calcitonin
What hormone antagonizes parathyroid hormone?
Calcitonin!
What is the abbreviation of calcitonin?
The abbreviation for calcitonin is CT.
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)
What is a high level of calcitonin?
A high level of calcitonin, a hormone produced by the thyroid gland, may indicate certain medical conditions, most notably medullary thyroid carcinoma, a type of thyroid cancer. Elevated calcitonin levels can also occur in other conditions such as C-cell hyperplasia or certain neuroendocrine tumors. It is often measured as part of the diagnostic process for these disorders. However, elevated levels alone are not definitive for diagnosis and should be interpreted alongside other clinical findings and tests.
What organ does calcitonin come from?
Calcitonin comes from the thyroid, the butterfly-shaped gland in your throat.
What effect would the administration of calcitonin injections have on an calcitonin-treated rat?
Calcitonin injections have no effect on vertebral bone density...it is anticipated when doing the experiment that there would be...but there is not. (Marieb)
Which is greater osteoclast activity when calcitonin is present?
Osteoclast activity is decreased when calcitonin is present. Calcitonin inhibits bone resorption by osteoclasts, leading to decreased breakdown of bone tissue.
What gland produces calcitonin?
Parafollicular cells of the thyroid gland produce calcitonin.
