If Dietary Calcium Is Inadequate Over a Long Period of Time

question 73

Multiple Choice

If dietary calcium is inadequate over a long period of time, how does the body maintain calcium balance?

• A) Significantly increases absorption
• B) Does not allow calcium to be lost from the body
• C) Reabsorbs skeletal calcium
• D) Adjusts to a lower blood calcium concentration

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