
Concept explainers
(a)
Interpretation:
The mineral that is most abundant in the human body is to be stated.
Concept introduction:
Minerals are the essential micronutrients required by the body for the maintenance for biological activities. Each of them carries their some specific functions in the body. Minerals are also classified in two types one is major minerals and other is minor minerals.
(b)
Interpretation:
The mineral responsible for the proper functioning of the thyroid glands is to be stated.
Concept introduction:
Minerals are the essential micronutrients required by the body for the maintenance of biological activities. Each of them carries their specific functions in the body. Minerals are the inorganic substances present in the body which carry out some specific functions very important to the body.
(c)
Interpretation:
The mineral responsible for the proper formation of the hemoglobin is to be stated.
Concept introduction:
Minerals are the essential micronutrients required by the body for the maintenance of biological activities. Each of them carries their specific functions in the body. Minerals are the inorganic substances present in the body which carry out some specific functions very important to the body.
(d)
Interpretation:
The difference between a vitamin and mineral is to be stated.
Concept introduction:
Vitamins and minerals are both the micronutrients those are very essential for good human health. Both are needed in the body for proper health maintenance as both of them carry a very important role in the biological activities of the body. Deficiency of these can cause many kinds of disease in the human body.

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Chemistry for Today: General Organic and Biochemistry
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