PLASMA Ca
2+
CALCIUM SENSOR
DECREASE IN PLASMA
CALCIUM STIMULATES
PARATHYROID
HORMONE (PTH) SECRETION
CHOLESTEROL
PARATHYROID
VITAMIN
D
3
PTH
25-(OH)-D
3
PTH
PO
4
GUT
BONE
KIDNEY
1,25-(OH)
2
-D
3
Ca
2+
CALCIUM REABSORPTION
PHOSPHATE EXCRETION
PO
4
Ca
2+
URINE
INCREASE IN PLASMA CALCIUM
STIMULATES CALCITONIN
SECRETION FROM THYROID
PARAFOLLICULAR CELLS
PLASMA Ca
2+