NEETZoologyExcretory Products and their Elimination
What mechanism acts as a check on the Renin-Angiotensin mechanism?
Options
- AAldosterone mechanism
- BAngiotensin mechanism
- CAtrial Natriuretic Factor (ANF) mechanism
- DRenin mechanism
Correct answer
C. Atrial Natriuretic Factor (ANF) mechanism
Step-by-step solution
he 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