Parathyroid Gland Disorders
- Embedded in the thryroid gland.
- Main function is to balance calcium balance
- Promotes resorption of calcium from bone to maintain normal serum calcium levels.
- Promotes absorption of calcium in the GI tract
- Calcium important for clotting, bone health, and muscle and nerve responses.
- Starting with the parathyroid gland below the blood vessel
- Parathyroid gland senses calcium levels drop and starts to work to increase calcium but increasing GI absorption and calcium bone release into the blood.
- When thyroid senses that calcium blood level too high, it releases calcitonin to lower calcium.