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Excretory Products and their Elimination

NEET · Zoology · Excretory Products and their Elimination

How does Aldosterone affect the blood pressure and GFR?

How does Aldosterone affect the blood pressure and GFR?

Options

  1. ADecreases
  2. BIncreases
  3. CNo effect
  4. DInhibits

Correct answer

B. Increases

Step-by-step solution

The JGA plays a complex regulatory role. A fall in glomerular blood flow/glomerular blood pressure/GFR can activate the JG cells to release renin which converts angiotensinogen in blood to angiotensin I and further to angiotensin II. Angiotensin II, being a powerful vasoconstrictor, increases the glomerular blood pressure and thereby GFR. Angiotensin II also activates the adrenal cortex to release Aldosterone. Aldosterone causes reabsorption of Na⁺ and water from the distal parts of the tubule. This also leads to an increase in blood pressure and GFR. This complex mechanism is generally known as the Renin-Angiotensin mechanism.

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