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Givenwhat you know about muscle contraction and neurophysiology, why are we willing

to
sacrifice bone density to maintain blood calcium?


Sagot :

Without sufficient calcium in the blood, muscles cannot contract. Calcium needs to bind to troponin molecules in the muscles to activate action potentials. It is better to lose some structural strength in the bone than to have muscles that don't contract.