The nurse is teaching about the need for vitamin D in the body. The nurse would put these steps of vitamin D activation and action in which order?

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Dietary products are consumed (C) which contain vitamin D or its precursors. Cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) is synthesized in the skin or ingested (E). It is then converted to calcifediol in the liver (B). Calcifediol is further converted to calcitriol in the kidneys (D), which increases calcium absorption in the small intestine (A).

The Nurse Is Teaching About the Need for Vitamin D