If a hypertensive persons blood pressure is 155107 mmHg acco

If a hypertensive person\'s blood pressure is 155/107 mmHg, according to the graph below, what is this person\'s GFR? Show calculations. b. What regulates GFR? c. How will GFR change if the systolic pressure increases to 180 mmHg? Explain your answer.

Solution

b) Renal autoregulation involves feedback mechanism intrinsic to the kidney that causes either dilation or construction in the afferent arterioles so as to counteract blood pressure changes and keep a steady GFR