A nurse is providing education on blood pressure during a community function. Someone in the audience asks where the baroreceptors that monitor blood pressure are located. The nurse's correct response would be to identify what part of the body?
a. The brachial artery in the upper arm
b. The adrenal glands at the kidneys
c. The heart at the aortic arch
d. The renal glomerulus
ANS: C
The baroreceptors are located in the aortic arch of the heart.
The baroreceptors are not located in the brachial artery, the adrenal glands, or the renal glomerulus.
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