The heart produces a hormone that acts to increase aldosterone.
a. true
b. false
Ans: b. false
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A) Decreased cardiac output B) Increased sodium reabsorption C) Decreased sodium in urine D) Increased filtrate volume
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Adaptive defenses
A) involve immunological surveillance. B) protect against particular threats. C) do not distinguish between one threat and another. D) are not dependent on the activities of lymphocytes. E) are present at birth.
Paramedics must use extreme caution when accessing the airway via the cricothyroid membrane because:
A) the cricothyroid membrane is highly vascular and tends to bleed profusely when it is incised. B) the cricothyroid membrane is bordered laterally and inferiorly by the highly vascular thyroid gland. C) cricothyrotomy is associated with a high incidence of inadvertent laceration of a carotid artery. D) the thyroid cartilage is smaller than the cricoid cartilage and makes the cricothyroid membrane difficult to locate.