The stone formed in the human kidney consists mostly of

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The stone formed in the human kidney consists mostly of

  1. A.

    Calcium phosphate

  2. B.

    Calcium oxalate

  3. C.

    Magnesium sulphate

  4. D.

    Calcium acetate

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Correct answer: B

Kidney stones (renal calculi) form when minerals and salts in urine crystallize and clump together faster than the kidneys can flush them out. Stones are classified by their principal mineral: calcium-based stones (oxalate or phosphate), struvite (magnesium ammonium phosphate, linked to urinary infections), uric acid stones, and cystine stones — and worldwide clinical surveys of stone composition consistently show one type dominates by a wide margin.

Oxalate ions in urine bind readily with calcium ions to form insoluble crystals that aggregate into stones; because of this chemistry, calcium oxalate accounts for roughly 70-80% of all human kidney stones, making it the single most common constituent by far.

  • Calcium phosphate stones do occur, but only under more alkaline urine conditions than are typical, which limits how often this composition forms in practice.

  • Magnesium-containing renal calculi are associated with ammonium and phosphate (struvite stones, usually tied to urinary-tract infections), not with sulphate — magnesium sulphate is not a recognized stone-forming mineral in the kidney.

  • Acetate salts are highly soluble in urine and do not undergo the precipitation/crystallization that forms kidney stones, so calcium acetate is not a recognized stone-forming mineral.

Hence, the stone formed in the human kidney consists mostly of calcium oxalate.

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