When arterial blood pressure is elevated above normal, which of the following compensatory changes in renal function occur as a result of the baroreceptor reflex?

a. afferent arteriolar vasoconstriction
b. afferent arteriolar vasodilation
c. reduction in GFR
d. both (a) and (c) above.
e. both (b) and (c) above.


B

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