MICROANATOMY

URINARY SYSTEM AND MALE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS

URINARY SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of these causes increased blood sodium levels?
A
decrease in aldosterone secretion
B
increase in atrial natriuretic factor secretion
C
decrease in renin secretion
D
decrease in ADH secretion
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Medicines, such as certain seizure drugs, antidepressants, cancer drugs, opiates (less often), and heart, diabetes, and blood pressure drugs. Surgery under general anesthesia. Disorders of the brain, such as injury, infections, and stroke. Brain surgery in the region of the hypothalamus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hyponatremia is mediated initially by ADH-induced water retention that results in volume expansion which activities secondary natriuretic mechanisms causing sodium and water loss and restoration of euvolemia. This euvolemia should not be confused with normal water content of the body.

Detailed explanation-3: -Diabetes insipidus is caused by a lack of antidiuretic hormone (ADH), also called vasopressin, which prevents dehydration, or the kidney’s inability to respond to ADH.

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