Sentences with phrase «as calcium deposits»

A deficiency in calcium also causes white spots to appear on the skin (also known as calcium deposits).

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Added calcium salts may provoke deposits during processing of dairy and infant formula product which may lead to lower throughput, increase of cleaning time and intervals as well as wear and tear of the equipment.

Water hardness generally refers to the ratio of calcium and magnesium deposits in household water as well as other minerals.

Coral reefs are typically massive biogenic formations of calcium carbonate (limestone) that is deposited within or around the bodies of the inhabitants of the reef as skeletal material.

X-rays also pick up white specks of calcium deposits that may be generated by a tumor as it grows.

As wildlife discovered the calcium deposits, a natural reef would form, and the city's shaky foundations would become a stable ecosystem.

They also want to explore potential drugs that could render calcification reversible, as the ENPP1 approach only worked to prevent calcium deposits when injected in advance of injury.

Our ancestors going back thousands of years show signs of atherosclerosis, as suggested by modern research using CT to detect evidence of calcium deposits associated with atherosclerotic plaques in the arteries of mummies as old as 5,000 years.

They even influenced the selection of Pueblo sites such as the Santa Domingo Pueblo, chosen because of its close proximity to a deposit of calcium sulfate referred to as gypsum.

The paleoclimate data, which included mainly changes in the oxygen isotopes of the calcium carbonate deposits, were then compared to similar records from other caves, ice cores, and sediment records as well as model predictions for water availability in the Middle East and west central Asia today and into the future.

As these deposits piled up on the sea floor, rapid chemical changes released massive amounts of calcium, magnesium and phosphorus into the ocean.

Pseudogout, which is also known as calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease (CPPD), is caused by deposits of calcium phosphate crystals (not uric acid) in the joints.

The underlying cause of many heart attacks is atherosclerosis, defined as build - up of deposits, or plaques, of cholesterol, calcium, and other substances in arteries.

They also protect our heart, brain, and other vital organs, give our bodies structure, and act as a deposit area for minerals (such as calcium).

Vitamin K2 plays a key role in calcium metabolism, where it is used to deposit calcium in appropriate locations, such as in the bones and teeth.

Since kefir is high in calcium and phosphorus, and also contains vitamin K2, drinking kefir is likely beneficial to bone health, providing the essential minerals needed for bone growth as well as the vitamin K2 needed to effectively deposit those minerals in the bone.

Calcium is then deposited in the bursa as a result of the alkaline environment to help protect the bursa.

This hormone is responsible for removing calcium from places such as the inside of arteries and depositing it in the right places, such as bone.

-- Deficiency of Vitamin K1 and K2 contributes to stones as well as to calcium deposits in the arteries.

You need to make sure you also have your daily dose of Magnesium and Vitamin D (sunshine) as they work synergistically to make sure you absorb the calcium properly and that it gets deposited in all the rigt places.

Zinc deficiency, copper deficiency, or cadmium toxicity, weaken arterial walls and as a compensatory measure, the body deposits calcium or fatty substances to reinforce arterial strength.

They are not as good, however, as mammograms at identifying microcalcifications — tiny calcium deposits that can indicate cancer when clustered together.

Vinegar is an excellent cleaner for litter boxes as it readily dissolves the calcium deposits resulting from rabbit urine.

[64] In extreme circumstances of insufficient calcium intake, bone resorption can occur due to the body withdrawing calcium deposits from the skeletal frame as a last resort to fulfill dietary needs.

As time goes on calcium carbonate deposits on the plaque, hardens, and then becomes calculus.

Clinically, the appearance of the skin lesions may lead your veterinarian to suspect calcium deposits as the problem, particularly when the age, breed and clinical history are considered.

As the water drips from the ceiling calcium deposits accumulate to create the stalactite.

Those chalk deposits were the result of sinking plankton that produced calcium carbonate shells like foraminifera and coccolithophorids, As discussed in Natural Cycles of Ocean Acidification, the creation of calcium carbonate shells pumps alkalinity to depth but produces CO2 at the surface thus adding to higher concentrations of atmospheric CO2.