Question

2) Say that an individual has retained too much salt in their body, increasing their Na⁺ load but not changing the osmolarity of the extracellular fluid.

      a) Would this lead them to have low or high arterial blood pressure? Why?

      b) What are the two (extrinsic) ways that the body would compensate to bring the salt load down in this individual? Explain the mechanisms of how each ends up decreasing the salt load.

Answer 1

2)

The body of this person retained too much sodium and osmolarity did not change this is because body did not excrete any amount of fluid from the body to comoenyfir the increasing sodium level . The the fluid load in the body increase it will lead to increase in blood pressure.

B)To reduce the salt load the Mechanism that our body will use is by reducing the amount of aldosterone release from our body there by increasing the excretion of water and sodium from our body m so the end result will be reduced sodium level

2)The anti-diuretic hormone from posterior pituitary will be reduced to bring about loss of sodium and water in the body .