If a thyroid tumor were to result in hypersecretion of calcitonin, we would expect ________.

A. a decreased level of osteoclast activity
B. a rise in blood calcium concentration
C. increasingly brittle bones
D. a reduced rate of endochondral ossification


Answer: A

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