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I always mess up my line of thinking.... ugh I am frustrated
For example: Prior to eating a meal, a person has very low blood calcium... what are the 2 levels of the hormones in this persons body?? After digesting a calcium rich meal, the blood calcium levels rise very high.
Alright so my line of thinking
--> You have low blood calcium.... it means that calcitonin is overactive, and PTH is not active enough
EDIT2 : Is this line of thinking wrong because you would have to have some kind of disease for this to be true?
--> Your blood calcium is low, so to get back to homeostasis, your body will release PTH to bring up blood calcium levels.
I believe that the first line of thinking I have here is INCORRECT. However I cannot put my hand on why... before the person eats the meal, how would the 2 hormone levels be?
EDIT: Am I supposed to think of how the hormones will be at that very moment of time, or what was happening before, or what will happen after?
For example: Prior to eating a meal, a person has very low blood calcium... what are the 2 levels of the hormones in this persons body?? After digesting a calcium rich meal, the blood calcium levels rise very high.
Alright so my line of thinking
--> You have low blood calcium.... it means that calcitonin is overactive, and PTH is not active enough
EDIT2 : Is this line of thinking wrong because you would have to have some kind of disease for this to be true?
--> Your blood calcium is low, so to get back to homeostasis, your body will release PTH to bring up blood calcium levels.
I believe that the first line of thinking I have here is INCORRECT. However I cannot put my hand on why... before the person eats the meal, how would the 2 hormone levels be?
EDIT: Am I supposed to think of how the hormones will be at that very moment of time, or what was happening before, or what will happen after?
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