Osmoregulation
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Pituitary gland
________ releases the antidiuretic hormone which regulates the volume of urine excreted.
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Osmoregulation
________- the control of water and salt concentration.
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**Factors that influence water potential:**
**Factors that influence water potential:**
* Water vapour breathed out
* Sweating
* Volume of water drunk
* Kidneys cause water loss
* Water vapour breathed out
* Sweating
* Volume of water drunk
* Kidneys cause water loss
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**What occurs if the body is hydrated?**
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* Increase in water in the blood
* Receptors in hypothalamus detect this, pituitary gland produces LESS ADH
* Makes collecting duct LESS permeable to water
* LESS water reabsorbed into the blood
* More dilute urine, pale yellow
* Increase in water in the blood
* Receptors in hypothalamus detect this, pituitary gland produces LESS ADH
* Makes collecting duct LESS permeable to water
* LESS water reabsorbed into the blood
* More dilute urine, pale yellow