LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
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Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 20, Problem 8MC
Parathyroid hormone is released from the parathyroid gland when blood levels of ______ fall
| a. | sodium |
| b. | calcium |
| c. | potassium |
| d. | iodine |
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