Adenosine Triphosphate is a compound used by the cell to store energy. Together with NADP, ATP is responsible for carbon dioxide reduction. Carbon dioxide is said to be reduced when it loses oxygen, reacts with hydrogen or gains electrons. Carbon dioxide becomes part of Glycerate 3-phosphate.
The 85-year old female patient who presents to the emergency department (ed) with increasing shortness of breath, hypoxia, productive cough, and progressive weakness will be assessed and diagnosed by the nurse as someone who is probably having asthma. The mentioned symptoms are common with people who have asthma.
The correct answer is endocardium.
The endocardium is termed as thin and smooth and is the innermost layer of the heart. Endocardium tissues are biologically and embryologically similar to endothelial cells which lines blood vessels.
It provides protection to valves and heart chambers. It is the muscular tissue which is responsible for contraction of the heart.
It also controls myocardial function. It acts as kind of blood-heart barrier and controls ionic composition of extracellular fluid where cardiomyocytes bathe.
