Human Anatomy & Physiology (9th Edition)

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Chapter 25 - The Urinary System - Review Questions - Page 988: 14

Answer

These mechanism that conribute to autoregulation are the myogenic mechanism and the tubuloglomerular feeback mechanism.The myogenic assosciates with the contraction of vascular smooth muscle when it's stretched. If there is an increase in systemic blood pressure it will cause arterioles to constrict in which it will stop blood flow in the glomerulus and stops the glomerular blood pressure to rise into severe levels. In opposite to it will cause a decrease in systematic blood pressure causing dilation of the arterioles and as well an increase in the glomerular hydrostatic pressure. These responses will help to maintain a balanced GFR. The Tubuloglomerular mechnism is like the macula densa cells and it responds to a slowed down filtration rate or low filtration of osmolarity. When it is activated it relases chemical that causes vasodilation in the arterioles.

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These mechanism that conribute to autoregulation are the myogenic mechanism and the tubuloglomerular feeback mechanism.The myogenic assosciates with the contraction of vascular smooth muscle when it's stretched. If there is an increase in systemic blood pressure it will cause arterioles to constrict in which it will stop blood flow in the glomerulus and stops the glomerular blood pressure to rise into severe levels. In opposite to it will cause a decrease in systematic blood pressure causing dilation of the arterioles and as well an increase in the glomerular hydrostatic pressure. These responses will help to maintain a balanced GFR. The Tubuloglomerular mechnism is like the macula densa cells and it responds to a slowed down filtration rate or low filtration of osmolarity. When it is activated it relases chemical that causes vasodilation in the arterioles.
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