Most healthy adults who have recovered from meningitis don't need follow-up care. But adults who have other medical problems that make them more likely to have long-term complications or get meningitis again should see their doctors after recovery. Babies and children always need follow-up care after recovery.
Hemodialysis: Process of separating wastes from the blood by passage through a semipermeable membrane. Nephron: Filtering unit of the kidney. Urea: Chemical compound of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen produced as waste by cells that break down protein. Ureter: Tube that carries urine from a kidney to the urinary bladder. Urethra: Duct leading from the urinary bladder to outside the body through which urine is eliminated.
Will a blob of protein in a Petri dish simply break down into amino acids? No. To break a protein down into its amino acids you will need enzymes. Enzymes are biological molecules (proteins) that act as catalysts and help complex reactions occur everywhere in life. Letâs say you ate a piece of meat. Proteases would go to work and help break down the peptide bonds between the amino acids.