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TiliK225 [7]
1 year ago
9

The hormone calcitonin is released from the thyroid gland in response to increased levels of calcium ions in the blood. If this

hormone is controlled by negative feedback, what effect would calcitonin have on blood calcium levels?
Biology
1 answer:
svlad2 [7]1 year ago
4 0

The hormone calcitonin is controlled by a negative feedback mechanism because it's release leads to the decrease of calcium blood levels.

<h3>What is negative feedback mechanism?</h3>

A negative feedback mechanism is the defined as a type of regulatory mechanism in the body where by the increased output of a system leads to a decrease of another system.

Therefore, the release of the hormone calcitonin (increased level of calcitonin in the blood) will lead to decrease in blood levels of calcium.

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