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What hormone controls the metabolism of calcium?
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.
What controls the metabolism of calcium?
Calcitonin Calcitonin Calcitonin
What hormone causes a decrease in blood calcium levels?
Calcitonin is the hormone that causes a decrease in blood calcium levels by promoting its uptake and storage in bones.
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 is the abbreviation of calcitonin?
The abbreviation for calcitonin is CT.
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 is produced by parafollicular cells in the thyroid?
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.
What hormone works with the parathyroid hormoneto decrease calcium leveles in the blood and tissues?
Calcitocin works with parathormone to regulate the calcium level of body. Parathormone rises the calcium level and calcitonin reduces it.
Is calcitonin a hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that lowers calcium levels in the body?
No, calcitonin is not secreted by the pituitary gland. It is a hormone produced by the parafollicular cells of the thyroid gland. Calcitonin helps regulate calcium levels in the body by inhibiting the breakdown of bone, which leads to a decrease in blood calcium levels.
