Exam 12: The Major Minerals and Water

Calcitonin increases calcium resorption from bone and calcium absorption in the small intestine while increasing calcium loss in the urine.

How are minerals classified, and What characteristics do major minerals share?

What is phosphorus most commonly a component of?

How are bones remodeled?

What is the primary site for the absorption of major minerals?

In addition to nuts, dairy products, seafood, legumes, and brown rice, what else is a good source of magnesium?

Once we have reached adulthood, what happens to our ability to absorb calcium as we age?

How much does the calcium in an average adult’s body weigh?

Some of the substances found in food, such as fiber, can decrease absorption of calcium. Which of the substances listed below also decrease the absorption of calcium?

What aspects of the information on food labels are the most relevant to consumers who want to identify foods that contribute to bone health?

Overall, teenagers absorb less calcium than the elderly.

Fluid within the cells is:

When the movement of water in the body is regulated by osmosis, which way will the water move?

Extracellular fluids include

What is the function of angiotensin II?

People who suffer from eating disorders are at increased risk for a mineral deficiency that can result in irregular heart function, muscular paralysis, decreased blood pressure, and difficulty breathing. What is this mineral, and what is the deficiency called?

Loss of what minimum percentage of a person’s body weight as water can lead to detrimental effects such as decreased ability to maintain core temperature, especially when exercising?

Osteoblasts are involved in bone formation.

Water insufficiency is called dehydration.

Bone remodeling begins early in fetal development and continues until when?