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it is used to lower high cacium levels in people who have cancer in their bones. it is hormonally made and helps keep the calcium in the body from getting too high. it also helps the kidneys rid the body of excess calcuim.
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What make ATP in human body cells?
Mitochondria
What controls the metabolism of calcium?
Calcitonin Calcitonin Calcitonin
What hormone controls the metabolism of calcium?
Calcitonin Calcitonin Calcitonin
Which one of the following increases the blood calcium level in the human body?
calcitonin
What hormone causes a decrease in blood calcium levels?
The hormone is called as calcitonin. This hormone is secreted by the parathyroid glands.
How do water soluble hormone like calcitonin or epinephrine affects a cell through a second-messenger system?
It binds to the receptors outside the cells
A hormones that act as an agonist to calcitonin?
Calcitonin
What hormone antagonizes parathyroid hormone?
Calcitonin!
What does thyroid stimulating hormones do to your body?
It stimulates thyroid gland.So thyroid secretes calcitonin or thyroxine.
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 hormones deal with the calcium levels in the blood?
Calcitonin, parathyroid hormone and vitamin D.
Does parathyroid gland secretes calcitonin?
No,it does not produce.Thyroid produces hormone Calcitonin.
