☰
✕

Body Fluids and Circulations
Question
Wired Faculty App

Most abundant mineral of animal body is

  • iron (Fe)

  • sodium (Na)

  • potassium (K)

  • calcium (Ca)

Answer

D.

calcium (Ca)

Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body, with 99% residing in bones and teeth. As a component of hard tissues, calcium fulfills a structural role to maintain body size and act as attachments for musculoskeletal tissues. 99% of human body is composed of 6 elements, ie, Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Calcium and Phosphorus. Other than calcium, rest constitute 0.85% in body.

Sponsor Area

Some More Questions From Body Fluids and Circulations Chapter

Write the differences between

(a) Blood and lymph

Write the differences between

Open and closed circulatory system

What is the differences between lymph and Blood?

How many times does a heart beat per minute?

What is the function of bicuspid valves?

What is the function of tricuspid valves?

Why circulatory system is absent in sponges?

What does the QRS wave represent in an ECG?

Name a animal having open circulatory system.

What are vasa vasorum?