ACTH affects all tissues not just the adrenal cortex 2. A heart murmur occurs when a heart valve does not close properly and the sound of the blood moving the wrong direction through the valve can be heard with a stethoscope. Where are antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin produced and secreted a. A person has high blood pressure. The doctor prescribes a medication that is a diuretic.
Diuretics cause an increase in urine formation and elimination.
This increase in urine volume causes a decrease in blood volume. The hypothalamic-pituitary portal system is composed of a. arteries that stretch from the hypothalamus to the pituitary b. a capillary bed in hypothalamus that is connected to a second capillary bed in the pituitary by arterioles c. Venous return to the heart is aided by the a. parasympathetic nerve activity. Atrial natriuretic factor does which of the following a. causes the kidney to reabsorb more H 2 O thus increasing blood volume and increasing blood pressure b. When blood pressure increases, a number of events occur that returns blood pressure to normal.