KROK 1 Dentistry

Urinary SystemEnglish
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When systemic arterial blood pressure falls, leading to decreased renal perfusion and reduced glomerular filtration rate, specialized cells of the juxtaglomerular apparatus initiate compensatory renin secretion. Which tubular sensor detects this altered flow, and what precise luminal signal triggers the adjacent juxtaglomerular granular cells to release renin?

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