Question

Q. 35 One treatment for high blood pressure is taking diuretics that prevent the kidney collecting ducts from reabsorbing water. How would diuretics reduce blood pressure? By increasing blood volume By decreasing blood volume By increasing heart rate By decreasing heart rate

Answer 1

The diuretics will increase the volume of urine. That means more water is taken from the blood and excreted. According to Boyle's law, the volume is proportional to the pressure(p1v1=p2v2). It means that if we decrease the volume of blood we also decrease the pressure.

That means second option