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| 1. |
Blood calcium levels are maintained because the bones act as a calcium sink in which calcium can either be stored or procured based on the body's needs. If a person secretes too much parathyroid hormone (one possible factor in the bone disease osteoporosis), what happens to calcium levels in the body? |
| A. | Bone stores are depleted and the kidney move calcium. |
| B. | Bone stores are depleted and the kidney' retain calcium. |
| C. | Blood levels of calcium may read high |
| D. | Both [b] and [c] |
| Answer» E. | |