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.
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) controls the metabolism of calcium in the body by increasing calcium levels in the blood through actions on the kidneys, bones, and intestines.
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The hormone is called as calcitonin. This hormone is secreted by the parathyroid glands.
It binds to the receptors outside the cells
Calcitonin!
The abbreviation for calcitonin is CT.
It stimulates thyroid gland.So thyroid secretes calcitonin or thyroxine.
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)
The parafollicular cells (also called C cells) secrete the hormone calcitonin. Calcitonin is a weak hormone that helps in the regulation of calcium in some animals. In humans, calcitonin has only a minor role in calcium regulation.
Calcitocin works with parathormone to regulate the calcium level of body. Parathormone rises the calcium level and calcitonin reduces it.
Calcitonin comes from the thyroid, the butterfly-shaped gland in your throat.