Parathyroid Physiology

  1. Bone resorption means ____
    releasing the Ca2+ stored in the bones when circulating Ca2+ falls
  2. What is hydroxyapatite?
    • Calcium and phosphate
    • Hydroxyapatite forms mineralized collagen
  3. If 1000 mg of calcium comes in through diet, _____ gets excreted out through poop, _____ gets in the extracellular fluid, and exchanges Ca2+ with _____ and ______, resulting in net excretion of ____ out the kidneys
    • 800
    • 200
    • Bones and kidneys
    • 200
  4. If 20 mg of dietary phosphorus intake, _____ gets absorbed into ECF from the intestines, and ____ are secreted back into the intestines, netting total of ___ out through poop
    • 16
    • 3
    • 7
  5. The extracellular fluid exchanges phosphorus with the ____ and ___, much like calcium exchange.
    • Bone and kidneys
    • Resulting in the excretion of phosphorus out the kidney
  6. Plasma concentration of Ca2+ is ranges _______, and phosphorus is ranges ______
    • 9-11 mg/dL
    • 2.5-4.5 mg/dL
  7. What type of calcium is physiologically active?
    • free, ionized Ca2+
    • Complexed to anions are not physiologically active
  8. Parathyroid gland senses ______ calcium in the blood in order to regulate
    Free ionized Ca2+
  9. Acidemia means that there is ______ [H+], so ______ amount of H+ is bound to albumin, making _____ of Ca2+ on albumin, therefore ______ of [Ca2+] circulating in plasma
    • Increased
    • Increased
    • less
    • Increased
  10. Alkalemia means there is ______ [H+], so ______ amount of H+ is bound to albumin, making _____ of Ca2+ on albumin, therefore ______ of [Ca2+] circulating in plasma
    • Decreased
    • Decreased
    • More
    • Decreased
  11. Parathyroid hormone is synthesized and secreted by which cell?
    Chief cells
  12. 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D is the ______ form of vitamin D. It ____ Ca2+ absorption from the intestines
    • Active
    • Stimulates
  13. What stimulates bone resorption, what reduces it?
    • PTH and active Vitamin D (1,25-dihydroxyvtiamin D) stimulate
    • Calcitonin reduces it
  14. What effect does PTH have on renal Ca2+ reabsorption?
    Increases calcium renal reabsorption
  15. What is needed in order to absorb Ca2+ from diet?
    1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (active vitamin D)
  16. What is needed to reabsorb Ca2+ from kidneys?
    PTH
  17. T/F: [Ca2+] and [PO4-] levels are directly proportional in plasma, one goes up, the other goes up
    False; when Calcium concentration increases with parathyroid hormone stimulation, concentration of phosphate goes down. This is because PTH increases reabsorption of Ca2+ and decreases phosphate reabsorption
  18. Extracellular calcium binds _______ receptor that is coupled to a _______ protein, which would activate ______, which is an enzyme that converts ______ to _____ and ____
    • Calcium sensing
    • Heterotrimeric G protein
    • Phospholipase C (PLC), converts PIP2 to IP3 and DAG
  19. IP3 within the parathyroid chief cell causes ______of Ca2+ from internal stores, and DAG stimulates _______. And combination of these elevates intracellular ______ and this actually _____ release of ____ granules
    • Release
    • PKC
    • Intracellular [Ca2+] goes up, and PKC inhibits release of PTH granules
  20. Increased in _____ in the urine could indicate hyperparathyroidism
    cAMP (also increased in urine phosphate and calcium)
  21. where does conversion of 25-OH-cholecalciferol to the active form of vitamin D takes place?
    In the kidney, PTH is necessary for this conversion
  22. Primary hyperparathyroidism would have ____ PTH, ______ [Ca2+], _______ [phosphate]
    • Increase
    • Increase
    • Decrease
  23. Etiology of primary hyperparathyroidism?
    Parathyroid adenoma, primary parathyroid hyperplasia
  24. Secondary hyperparathyroidism would have ____ PTH, ______ [Ca2+], _______ [phosphate]
    • Increase
    • Decrease
    • INCREASE
  25. Etiology of secondary hyperparathyroidism?
    Renal disease, vitamin D or calcium deficiency, poor fat absorption, cortisol, intestinal malabsorption of vitamin D
  26. Primary hypoparathyroidism would have ____ PTH, ______ [Ca2+], _______ [phosphate]
    • Decrease
    • Decrease
    • Increase
  27. Etiology of primary hypoparathyroidism?
    Thyroid surgery, congenital agenesis or hypoplasia of the parathyroid glands
  28. Secondary hypoparathyroidism would have ____ PTH, ______ [Ca2+], _______ [phosphate]
    • Decrease
    • Increase
    • increase
  29. Etiology of secondary hypoparathyroidism?
    Vitamin D toxicity
  30. Pseudohypoparathyroidism is _______
    • Resistance to PTH
    • Resulting in increased PTH but decrease in [Ca2+] and increased [phosphate]
  31. Both post-menopausal osteoporosis and immobilization osteoporosis have these effects on ____ PTH, _____ [Ca2+] and ______ [phosphate]
    • Decrease
    • Increase
    • Increase
  32. Dietary vitamin D is _____, and in the liver it is altered into ______, which is an ______ form. In the kidney, it becomes _______ which is _____ form
    • Cholecalciferol
    • 25-OH-cholecalciferol
    • Inactive
    • 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D
    • Active
  33. T/F: PTH activates osteoblast first, then it will send cytokines which the activate mature osteoclasts to stimulate bone calcium resorption
    True; some bone would release alkaline phosphatase to rescue the bone that is getting weakened by bone resorption
  34. PTH on kidney: would _____ phosphate reabsorption , and ____ urine cAMP.
    • Decrease; due to inhibition of Na+/Phosphate cotransport
    • Increase
  35. With renal destruction, how does it alter serum phosphate concentration vs calcium?
    • Phosphate would go up and calcium goes down
    • Therefore PTH would be up, and more bone resorption
  36. What is familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia?
    • Loss of function of the calcium sensing receptor
    • Ca increased and normal PTH
    • Requiring higher Ca concentration to turn off PTH
  37. Active vitamin D stimulates the expression of ______ ligand that is made by osteoblast, which is an important regulator of _____
    • RANKL
    • Regulate osteoclast maturation and function
  38. T/F: vitamin D deficiency would lead to lowered levels of calcium and phosphate in the blood, thereby activating PTH causing mobilization of calcium and phosphorus from bone and as a result, calcium level goes back to normal but phosphate remains low= poor bone mineralization
    True
  39. Rickets is vitamin D deficiency seen in ______, and osteomalacia is vitamin D deficiency in ______
    • Children
    • Adult
  40. T/F: calcitonin is produced by the Parafollicular cell (C cell) of the parathyroid
    False; it is produced by the C cells in the thyroid
  41. Calcitonin reduce activities of _____
    Osteoclast
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Parathyroid Physiology
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Endo Exam 1
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