A Client Asks the Nurse,"What's the Purpose of the Liver

question 23

Multiple Choice

A client asks the nurse,"What's the purpose of the liver?" Which of the following statements would be beneficial for the nurse to share with the client?

• A)"It helps you digest fats."
• B)"It is an endocrine and exocrine gland."
• C)"It filters waste from the blood and makes urine."
• D)"It makes some blood clotting substances."
• E)"It can help you store certain vitamins."

Explain the roles of proteins such as tropomyosin in muscle function.

Understand the concept of motor units and their relation to muscle fibers.

Identify and describe the roles of muscle actions, including agonsits, antagonists, synergists, and fixators.

Explain the neuromuscular junction and synaptic mechanisms in muscle activation.

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Definitions:

Marginal Product of Labor

The additional output produced as a result of employing one more unit of labor.

Economies of Scale

The cost advantages that a business obtains due to expansion, where the average cost per unit of output decreases with increasing scale.

Diseconomies of Scale

The situation where long-run average costs start to increase as the scale of operation grows beyond a certain point, leading to increased per-unit costs.

Diminishing Returns

A principle in economics indicating that adding more of one factor of production, while holding others constant, will at some point yield lower incremental per-unit returns.