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What is the most abundant metal in the body?

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How is calcium obtained in the body?

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What form of calcium is found in skeleton and teeth?

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What are calcium hydroxyapatite crystals?

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Where is calcium found in the body? (3)

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What proportion of the body’s calcium is found in the skeleton and teeth?

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What proportion of the body’s calcium is found intracellularly?

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What proportion of the body’s calcium is found extracellularly?

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How are calcium and phosphate levels increased? (2)

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How are calcium levels decreased?

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How is vitamin D obtained in the body? (2)

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Which 3 organs mainly regulate calcium and phosphate levels?

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Where is calcitonin secreted from?

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What happens to calcium and phosphate regulation when thyroid parafollicular cells?

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What are the 2 sources of vitamin D?

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Where is ergocalciferol derived from?

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Where is cholecalciferol derived from? (2)

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What is the structural difference between ergocalciferol and cholecalciferol?

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What are the 2 types of vitamin D in the body?

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What is measured to indicate vitamin D levels?

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Is 25-OH cholecalciferol active?

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What is the inactive form of vitamin D?

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How is calcitriol synthesis regulated?

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What is the active form of vitamin D?

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Which rays are absorbed for cholecalciferol synthesis?
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What are the 9 steps of cholecalciferol synthesis via vitamin D3?
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What are the 5 steps of cholecalciferol synthesis via vitamin D2?
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What is calcitriol?
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Which 2 hormones regulate vitamin D?
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Which 3 places can calcitriol work in?
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What is the major function of calcitriol?
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Which ion does bone reabsorb?
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Which ions do kidneys reabsorb?
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Which ions does the gut reabsorb?
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What is the active form of vitamin D?
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What is the inactive form of vitamin D?
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What is PTH?
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Where are the parathyroid glands?
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How is PTH secreted into circulation? (2)
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What is the inactive precursor of PTH?
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Which cells in the parathyroid gland make PTH?
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When is PTH secreted?
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How does pre-pro-PTH turn into PTH?
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What type of receptors detect calcium levels on chief cells?
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What is the relationship between PTH secretion and serum calcium?
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What is the role of PTH?
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What happens when chief cells sense high serum calcium?
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What happens when chief cells sense low serum calcium?
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What is ECF?
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What are the 3 effects of PTH on the kidneys?
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What is the effects of PTH on bone?
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What are the 2 effects of PTH on the gut?
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How is calcium absorbed in the gut indirectly?
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What are the 2 main types of cells in bone?
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What is the function of osteoblasts?
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What is the function of osteoclasts?
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How is calcium released from bone?
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What are OAFs?
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How do osteoclasts degrade bone?
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Which cells in bones have receptors for PTH?
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Which cells in bones have receptors for calcitriol?
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What is an example of an OAF?
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How can osteoblasts turn into osteoclasts?
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What is the function of OAFs?
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What are the effects of calcitriol on bone when serum calcium is low? (2)
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What are the effects of calcitriol on bone when serum calcium is high? (2)
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How is PTH regulated?
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What does PTH have a negative feedback relationship to? (2)
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What is calcitonin?
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Which cells in the thyroid gland secrete calcitonin?
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Where is calcitonin secreted from?
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Is calcitonin very important in calcium regulation?
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Is the effect of calcitonin long or short-term?
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How does calcitonin regulate serum calcium levels?
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Where is FGF23 made?
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What is FGF23?
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How are phosphates reabsorbed in the kidney?
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What is the role of FGF23?
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How does FGF23 inhibit phosphate reabsorption?
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How does FGF23 regulate serum phosphate levels? (2)
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What is the effect of FGF23 on calcitriol?
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What is hypercalcaemia?
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What is hypocalcaemia?
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What is the effect of hypercalcaemia on membrane excitability and why?
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What is the effect of hypocalcaemia on membrane excitability and why?
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What are the 4 symptoms of hypocalcaemia? (CATs go numb)
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What is Chvostek's sign?
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What is Trousseau's sign?
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What are the 2 signs of hypocalcaemia?
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What is hypoparathyroidism?
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What are the 4 causes of hypoparathyroidism?
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What is the effect of hypoparathyroidism?
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What are the 5 causes of vitamin D deficiency?
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What is ergocalciferol?
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Why does vitamin D deficiency/malabsorption affect Ca absorption?
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Why does inadequate sun exposure affect Ca absorption?
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Why does liver disease affect Ca absorption?
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Why does renal disease affect Ca absorption?
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Why do vitamin D receptor defects affect Ca absorption?
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How do issues in vitamin D synthesis affect Ca levels? (3)
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Which receptors absorb calcitriol in the kidney?
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What is rickets?
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What is the cause of rickets?
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What are the 3 symptoms of hypercalcaemia?
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What does lack of bone mineralisation present as in children?
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What does lack of bone mineralisation present as in adults?
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What is nephrocalcinosis?
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What are the 5 GI effects of hypercalcaemia?
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What are the 5 CNS effects of hypercalcaemia?
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What is the renal effect of hypercalcaemia?
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When can hypercalcaemia lead to a coma?
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What does nephrocalcinosis lead to? (2)
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What is primary hyperparathyroidism?
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What is the cause of primary hyperparathyroidism?
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How can malignant bone cancers lead to hypercalcaemia?
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What are the 3 causes of hypercalcaemia?

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