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failing kidneys have a harder time excreting phosphate, and thus blood-phosphate levels tend to rise. what effect will rising blood-phosphate levels have on blood calcium

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Answer: blood calcium levels fall in response to hperphosphatemia

Step-by-step explanation:

Calcium is bound by the excess phosphate, and the calcium phosphate deposited around organs and in arteries (calcification).

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