MICROANATOMY

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: -Calcium is essential for building and maintaining healthy bones throughout life. Calcium combines with other minerals to form hard crystals giving bones strength and structure. Almost 99% of the body’s calcium is found in the bones.

Detailed explanation-3: -Foods like milk, dairy products, and green leafy vegetables are rich in calcium.

Detailed explanation-4: -Approximately 50 percent of calcium is found in the blood. This is the false statement. Calcium makes up approximately 2 percent of our body weight. Of that, 99 percent is found in the bones and teeth as part of the hydroxyapatite crystal.

Detailed explanation-5: -When your body makes new bone tissue, it first lays down a framework of collagen. Then, tiny crystals of calcium from your blood spread throughout the collagen framework. The hard crystals fill in all the nooks and crannies. Calcium and collagen work together to make bones strong and flexible.