Minerals

What are minerals?
- Inorganic atoms
- Important for: enzyme function, structure, electrolyte balance
Calcium: Function
- Bone
- Nerve impulse
- Clotting
Calcium: Deficiency

Tetany
Calcium: Toxicity
- Confusion
- Arrythmia
- Life threatening calcitonin
Phosphorous: Function
- ATP
- Phospholipids
- DNA
- Bone
Phosphorous: Deficiency
- Anorexia
- Rickets
Magnesium: Function

Making macromolecules
Magnesium: Deficiency

hypocalcemia / hypokalemia
Iron: Function

O₂ transport
Iron: Deficiency

Anemia
Iron: Toxicity
- Bronze diabetes
- Pancreas
- Kidney
- Liver damage
- Bacterial growth
Sodium: Function
- Osmotic balance
- Neurotransmission
Sodium: Deficiency

Cerebral edema
Sodium: Toxicity
- Heart disease
- Stroke
- Blood pressure
Iodine: Function

Incorporated in TH
Iodine: Deficiency

Goiter
Iodine: Toxicity

Hyperthyroidism
Zinc: Function

Protein
Zinc: Deficiency
- Growth retardation
- Sexual immaturity
- ^Infection
Zinc: Toxicity

Copper deficiency

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Bobopudge

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Card Set

Minerals

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Updated

2011-01-14T15:42:18Z

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