EmpeiriaKeeping calcium balanced
Clinically: Calcium homeostasis
Blood calcium is held in an unusually narrow range, because both nerves and heart muscle depend on it. Bone acts as the reservoir: the body will draw calcium out of the skeleton to keep the blood level correct.
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Your bones store calcium, and your body borrows from them whenever the level in your blood dips. Three organs work together on this: the parathyroid glands in your neck, your gut, and your kidneys.
Your bones store calcium, and your body borrows from them whenever the level in your blood dips. Three organs work together on this: the parathyroid glands in your neck, your gut, and your kidneys.
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In clinical terms
Parathyroid hormone, vitamin D and calcitonin acting on bone, gut and kidney to hold serum calcium in a tight range.