Chapter 15: Trace Minerals

Selenium is involved in which of the following biological functions?

Antioxidant defenses.

this trace mineral can enhance insulin action.

Chromium.

What is the chemical symbol for fluorine?

F

The importance of this mineral is relatively new (1979) but is now known to serve as an antioxidant and serves as a cofactor in at least 25 different enzymes in the body. What is the mineral?

Selenium.

What part of the body is fluorine most closely associated with?

Teeth.

Other than teeth, where is the most of the fluorine in the body located?

Bones.

What is the chemical symbol for Chromium?

Cr.

What is the chemical symbol for iron?

Fe.

What type of iron would be found in a hamburger?

Heme iron.

The protein in red blood cells that binds oxygen is...

Hemoglobin.

If you suffer goiter, what mineral are you deficient in?

Iodine.

Many seafood products like haddock and seaweed contain substantial amounts of this trace element.

Iodine.

Most salt is fortified with this trace mineral.

Iodine.

Which trace mineral gets transported to the thyroid gland?

Iodine.

Which trace mineral has a heme and non-heme form?

Iron.

Of the trace minerals that the book talks about this is the one that scientists know the least about regarding its role in the health of the body.

Manganese.

This trace mineral is similar to zinc and copper, serves as a co-factor for many enzymes in the body.

Manganese.

The absorption of zinc by small intestinal cells (enterocytes) promotes the production of ______ which will bind to the zinc to encourage more absorption by the enterocytes.

Metallothionein.

What type of iron would be found in a spinach?

Nonheme iron.

What is a good source of zinc?

Seafood and protein.

Sardines and oysters are both good sources of this antioxidant trace mineral.

Selenium.

Which two organs are involved in the breakdown of red blood cells and the recycling of iron?

Spleen and liver.