The body's most abundant mineral. Its primary function is to help build and maintain bones and teeth.
Calcium is also important to heart health, nerves, muscles and skin.
Calcium helps control blood acid-alkaline balance, plays a role in cell division, muscle growth and iron utilization, activates certain enzymes, and helps transport nutrients through cell membranes. Calcium also forms a cellular cement called ground substance that helps hold cells and tissues together. A group of diseases involving unregulated cell growth. Any of the smallest blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules and forming networks throughout the body. A cancer-causing substance.