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IAT IISER2025BiologyExcretory Products and their Elimination

Which one of the following autoregulatory mechanisms is employed by the kidney when glomerular filtration rate is reduced?

Options

  1. ALevels of renin, angiotensin I and II and aldosterone are increased.
  2. BLevels of renin and aldosterone are reduced.
  3. CLevels of renin are increased, while those of angiotensin I and II and aldosterone are reduced.
  4. DLevels of angiotensin I and II are increased, while that of aldosterone are reduced.

Correct answer

A. Levels of renin, angiotensin I and II and aldosterone are increased.

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