Minerals

2. Part of stomach acid, needed for proper digestion and fluid balance.
3. Facilitates many reactions including protein synthesis ,fluid balance, nerve transmission, and contraction of muscles
4. Formation of bones and teeth helps teeth resistant to decay and bones resistant to mineral loss
7. Involved in bone mineralization, synthesis of proteins, enzyme action, normal contraction of muscles, nerve transmission
8. Part of thyroxin, which regulates metabolism
9. Helps maintain normal fluid and acid-base balance

1. It is part of every cell, involved in acid-base balance
5. Part of many enzymes, present in insulin, involved in making genetic material and proteins, immunity, vitamin A transport, taste, wound healing, sperm creation, normal fetal development
6. Principal minerals of bones and teeth; involved in the contraction and relaxation of muscles, nerve function and blood pressure
10. Hemoglobin formation, part of myoglobin, energy use