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KWilfred · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

Why do you think the kidneys contain pressure sensors for monitoring blood pressure? Describe how renovascular disease and renal artery stenosis can lead to hypertension.

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Question 2

The body has two main fluid spaces. What are these spaces and how do the electrolytes Na+ and K+ influence the flow of water into and out of these spaces?

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Ptupou85 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

The two spaces include the intracellular and extracellular spaces. Water always follows sodium, so movement of sodium across a membrane causes movement of water molecules across that same membrane. Sodium and potassium are exchanged by way of the sodium-potassium pump that moves sodium from one side of the cell while moving potassium to the other side of the cell.