Writing assignment 4.1.docx NU 205 Cardiovascular Drugs: Quiz 4.1 School of Nursing Jil

Writing assignment 4.1.docx  NU 205  Cardiovascular Drugs: Quiz 4.1  School of Nursing Jill Gandolfi  NU 205 Pharmacology  Chapter 22: Antihypertensive Drugs  1. Blood pressure regulation begins in the hypothalamus, which is stored in the posterior pituitary gland. The different parameters that regulate arterial blood pressure are baroreceptors and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. The two baroreceptors that change the blood pressure are the aortic arch and carotid sinuses. All blood flow goes through the aortic arch and the carotid sinuses in the brain. The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system releases a potent vasoconstrictor called angiotensin 2 which causes the release of aldosterone. Aldosterone is an antidiuretic hormone which affects the kidney and glomerular filtration rate. The glomerular filtration rate is affected by how healthy the kidney is, which results in the reabsorption of sodium, chloride,