A class of nutrients that is important in body structure and influences the function of muscles and the central nervous system is
a. proteins.
b. minerals.
c. vitamins.
d. carbohydrates.
B
Minerals are important in body structures and influence the function of muscles and the central nervous system. Proteins are structural components and form part of muscles, but are less in-fluential in the central nervous system. Vitamins and carbohydrates do not have structural func-tions.
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