Nutrition · Module 11 · Trace minerals

Trace Minerals Walkthrough

Trace minerals are needed in tiny amounts, but they do big jobs. Follow iron from your plate into your blood and back again, watch the thyroid build hormones from iodine, see fluoride harden tooth enamel, and meet zinc, copper, selenium and the rest. Go at your own pace. Nothing here is graded.

Speed

Think of it like this

Quick check

Wrong answers are fine here. Read why, then try again.

Dr. Akash Garg · Nutrition Study Tools · Drawings are simplified and not to scale. For learning only, not personal medical or diet advice. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Use the left and right arrow keys to move between steps. Atoms and molecules are drawn far larger than life, and animations run much faster than real body processes. Reference values are adult Dietary Reference Intakes unless a step says otherwise. Practise next in the Trace Minerals Lab.