Weegy: Phosphorus and calcium are the two minerals which makes up the complex hydroxyapatite. User: One-fourth to one-half of our daily fluid loss occurs through A. exhaled air. B. perspiration.
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Hydroxyapatite (HA) is a ceramic material which forms the mineral phase of bone. It is comprised primarily of calcium and phosphate at a respective ratio of 1.67.
The major minerals, which are used and stored in large quantities in the body, are calcium, chloride, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, and sulfur. The trace minerals are just as vital to our health as the major minerals, but we don't need large amounts.
Your body uses minerals for many different jobs, including keeping your bones, muscles, heart, and brain working properly. Minerals are also important for making enzymes and hormones.
Minerals include calcium and iron amongst many others and are found in:meat.cereals.fish.milk and dairy foods.fruit and vegetables.nuts.
More than 4,000 naturally occurring minerals—inorganic solids that have a characteristic chemical composition and specific crystal structure—have been found on Earth.
Types of mineralsNative elements. eg. Gold, Silver, Mercury, graphite, diamond.Oxides. eg corundum (incl. sapphire), hematite, spinel.Hydroxides. eg. Goethite, brucite.Sulfides. eg. Pyrite, galena, sphalerite.Sulfates. eg. Baryte, gypsum.Carbonates. eg. Calcite, magnesite, dolomite.Phosphates. eg. ... Halides. eg.More items...
Minerals form as magma or lava cools. Minerals form when they precipitate from hot fluids that have cooled down. Minerals form from dissolved substances when water evaporates.
A number of minerals are essential for health: calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, chloride, magnesium, iron, zinc, iodine, sulfur, cobalt, copper, fluoride, manganese, and selenium.