Angiotensinogen is released from the liver. It's in the blood. It's floating around aimlessly. Has no friends. All of a sudden, renin gets shot out of the kidney. And these two molecules come bump into each other and they are like, it's like you and I, man. I'm Renin. I long lost friend. I stimulate you. You're still feeling sorry for yourself until you come across the lungs. Now think about the name angiotensin. Angiotensin means blood vessel. Tensin is referring to pressure. So I wonder what this molecule does? Anyway, so renin turns angiotensInogen into ang
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