Following Ingestion of a Large Amount of Salt

question 16

Multiple Choice

Following ingestion of a large amount of salt,

• A)Urine osmolarity would increase
• B)Secretion of atrial natriuretic factor would increase
• C)Firing by hypothalamic osmoreceptors would decrease
• D)Both urine osmolarity would increase and secretion of atrial natriuretic factor would increase would occur
• E)All of these things would occur

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