A Recent Development in Community Health Care Is the Use

question 28

Multiple Choice

A recent development in community health care is the use of AEDs,which are:

• A) automatic external dialysis machines.
• B) automatic environmental detoxification machines for allergenic individuals.
• C) automatic external defibrillators.
• D) allergy elimination dehumidifiers.

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Definitions:

Afferent Arterioles

Small branches of arteries that lead to the nephrons in the kidney, responsible for regulating blood pressure and filtration rate.

Glomeruli

Networks of tiny blood vessels in the kidneys that filter waste from the blood to form urine.

Calyces

Small cavities of the renal pelvis of the kidney.

Renal Cortex

The renal cortex is the outer part of the kidney that contains the kidney's filtering units, involved in blood filtration and urine formation.