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4) Kidney and fluid balance mechanisms
 
4) Kidney and fluid balance mechanisms
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===ANS Responses===
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===Autonomic nervous system (ANS) responses===
 
Normal circulatory homeostasis depends upon there being a basal level of activity in both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems - the ANS is controlled by the cardioinhibitory and vasomotor centres within the medulla oblongata . The ANS is the most rapidly responding regulator of blood pressure.
 
Normal circulatory homeostasis depends upon there being a basal level of activity in both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems - the ANS is controlled by the cardioinhibitory and vasomotor centres within the medulla oblongata . The ANS is the most rapidly responding regulator of blood pressure.
  
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