1. Water and the Minerals Chapter 12 & 13

2. What is so Amazing About Water? O H H

3. What Role Does Water Play in Our Lives? e.g. - Serves as a solvent for many substances - Participate in reactions in the body - Maintains blood volume - Carriers nutrients and waste - Maintains the structure of molecules (e.g. proteins) - Aids in the regulation of temperature - Acts as a lubricant and cushion in joints around spinal cord, brain and fetus

4. A Nephron, one of the kidney’s many functioning units Renal Artery Renal Vein Kidney Ureter Bladder Pelvis

5. A Nephron Tubule To the Body Capillaries Blood VesselGlomerulus To the Bladder

6. Water dissolves salts and follows electrolytes

7. How the body regulates blood volume

8. Electrolyte’s in Acid-Base Balance 8.0 7.45 7.35 6.8Death Acidosis Alkalosis Normal

9. Minerals in a 60-kilogram human body

10. Cortical bone is dense, ivory-like bone that forms the exterior shell. Trabecular bone is the lacy network of calcium-containing crystals that fills the interior.

11. Calcium and Osteoporosis

13. Bone losses over time compared

14. ©2001 Brooks/Cole, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Thomson Learning ™ is a trademark used herein under license. Loss of height in a woman caused by Osteoporosis.

15. Calcium balance in bone Calcitonin Vitamin D

16. Bioavailability of Calcium

17. A Membrane-bound transport protein “Sodium - Potassium Pump” OUTSIDE CELL INSIDE CELL

18. What processing does to the sodium and potassium contents of food

19. Fresh foods, especially fruits and vegetables, provide potassium in abundance.

20. Hemoglobin Iron atom Heme

21. Iron routes in the body

23. Heme and Non-heme Iron in Foods