Judging by the Demographic Patterns of Recent Years, We Can

question 66

Multiple Choice

Judging by the demographic patterns of recent years, we can surmise that the principal reason for declining natural increase rates in less developed countries today is

• A) increasing crude birth rates.
• B) declining crude birth rates.
• C) increasing crude death rates.
• D) declining crude death rates.
• E) balanced natural increase rates.

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Definitions:

Loop Of Henle

The portion of the renal tubule that curves back toward the renal corpuscle and twists again to become the distal convoluted tubule.

Renal Corpuscle

The initial filtering component of the nephron in the kidney, where blood plasma is filtered through the capillary walls of the glomerulus into the Bowman's capsule.

Renal Artery

A blood vessel that supplies the kidneys with oxygen-rich blood.

Renal Vein

A blood vessel that transports blood that has been filtered from the kidney to the inferior vena cava.