Parathyroid hormone increases the activity of ___________ cells in bone and increases the rate of calcium ___________ in the kidney tubules
A. osteoclast; reabsorption
B. osteoblast; reabsorption
C. osteocyte; reabsorption
D. osteocyte; secretion
E. osteoblast; secretion
A
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