A patient who you are caring for in the emergency department has lost a lot of blood during a car crash and his blood pressure dropped from 130/90 to 80/40. Describe how the kidneys respond to this change in blood pressure ? What could happen if blood pressure will further decrease ?
(40%)
Questions 2.
For each of the following situations, describe the anticipated effect on blood pressure and the physiological basis of the response (what happens in the body)
(1) a high-salt diet
(2) a damage on the head that damages (disables) the vasomotor center
(3) an attack by a mugger (high stress situation)
(4) a hypothalamic tumor resulting in excess ADH production
(10% each one)
Question 3.
Describe the forces that determine fluid movements across capillary walls (Hint: Osmotic and Hydrostatic pressures)
(20%)
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