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calcium regulation

calcium regulation

the maintenance of calcium levels in the blood and other extracellular fluids. Secretion of parathyroid hormone by the parathyroid glands causes release of ionic calcium from the bones, whereas calcitonin, produced by the thyroid gland, promotes calcium resorption.

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