Calcium is an essential dietary element in all animals. The body needs calcium for important physiological processes, such as muscle concentration, membrane maintenance, enzyme function and blood coagulation. However, the primary function of calcium in the body is being used as a building block of the body’s bones and teeth. Bones and teeth also serve as a storage site for the body’s source of calcium.

When the body needs calcium for the processes mentioned, the body will provide the calcium stored in bones and teeth to the bloodstream. When calcium is not needed by the body, then the body will store this additional calcium in the bones and teeth. This process is a “give and take” situation depending on the body’s need/use for calcium, since this may change from day to day.

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