Osmoregulation

Place the following steps in the correct order when there is TOO LITTLE WATER IN THE BLOOD.

• ADH is released by the pituitary gland

• small amount of concentrated urine is produced

• detected by hypothalamus

• more water is reabsorbed into the blood from the kidney

• water concentration in the blood returns to normal

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Place the following steps in the correct order when there is TOO MUCH WATER IN THE BLOOD.

• large amount of dilute urine is produced

• less ADH is released by the pituitary gland

• water concentration in the blood returns to normal

• less water is reabsorbed into the blood from the kidney

• detected by hypothalamus

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Match the terms with their definitions

• detects amount of water in blood

• ADH

• water saving hormone

• hypothalamus

• produces ADH

• pituitary gland

• more solute than solvent (water)

• concentrated

• more solvent (water) than solute

• dilute

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What happens to the level of ADH in the blood when there is TOO LITTLE WATER in the blood?

• It decreases.

• It increases.

• There is no effect on the ADH level.

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What happens to the level of ADH in the blood when there is TOO MUCH WATER in the blood?

• It decreases.

• It increases.

• There is no effect on the ADH level.

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Which body systems work together to regulate water in the body?

• circulatory and respiratory

• nervous and respiratory

• nervous and urinary

• urinary and respiratory

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Click on the side of this diagram that represents what happens when there is TOO LITTLE WATER in the blood.

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Click on the side of this diagram that represents what happens when there is TOO MUCH WATER in the blood.

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True or False:

This section of the nephron, in yellow, is where all substances except proteins and blood cells are filtered out of the blood and enter the kidney.

• True

• False

Click on the blood vessel that brings waste-filled blood to the kidney.

[Hint: This vessel is located in 2 places in this diagram---click on both.]