EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Your body also needs calcium (as well as phosphorus) to make healthy bones. Bones are the main storage site of calcium in the body. Your body cannot make calcium. The body only gets the calcium it needs through the food you eat, or from supplements.

Detailed explanation-2: -In human adult body, about 90% of total phosphorus is stored in bone as hydroxyapatite (calcium-phosphate) crystals (2). Most of the remaining phosphorus is distributed in soft tissues, and phosphate is predominantly an intracellular ion.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bone tissue serves as a reservoir for and source of calcium for these critical metabolic needs through the process of bone remodeling. Calcium metabolism is regulated in large part by the parathyroid hormone (PTH)–vitamin D endocrine system, which is characterized by a series of homeostatic feedback loops.

Detailed explanation-4: -Phosphorus is the second most abundant mineral in the body, second to calcium. About 85% of the body’s phosphorus is stored in bones and teeth.