Which failure mode becomes likely when a person experiences chronic hypertension affecting the vessel walls of the afferent arterioles in the kidneys?

💡 Explanation

Chronic hypertension causes increased pressure on the afferent arterioles, which then triggers glomerular capillary wall thickening through a mechanism called hypertensive nephrosclerosis; therefore, the capillary walls thicken, rather than filtration increasing because damage reduces function.

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