<span>Dialysis patients are prone to a myriad of medical anomalies. The most common medical conditions that dialysis patients have in addition to kidney failure are hypertension and diabetes. Hypertension is the onset of high blood pressure, and diabetes is a disease that prevents the pancreas from regulating glucose levels in the body.</span>
The answer is K-selected.
Based on the evolutionary strategies, species can be r-selected or K-selected. The characteristics of K-selected species are: large size of organisms, long lifespan, late maturity, few offspring, etc. On the contrary, the characteristics of r-selected species are: small size of organisms, short lifespan, early maturity, many offspring, etc
Intercostal Muscles
The muscles of respiration
are muscles that contribute to exhalation and inhalation by causing the contraction
and expansion of the thoracic cavity. However, diaphragm is the main muscle of breathing
while intercostal muscles is one of the most important muscles for respiration.
Intercostal muscles function by manipulating the width of the rib cage and they
are attached between the ribs.