KROK 1 2012 – Question 24 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
A month after surgical constriction of rabbit’s renal artery the considerable increase of systematic arterial pressure was observed. What of the following regulation mechanisms caused the animal’s pressure change?
- A. Noradrenaline
- B. Serotonin
- C. Adrenaline
- D. Vasopressin
- E. Angiotensin-II
Hint
Ask what the kidney releases when its blood flow falls, and which circulating peptide formed downstream then keeps arterial pressure raised for weeks.
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