Explain how antidiuretic hormone can help regulate an abnormal increase in solute concentration in the extracellular fluid
What will be an ideal response
The release of antidiuretic hormone can regulate an increase in solute concentration by causing reabsorption of water by the kidney. With reabsorption, blood water volume increases, decreasing solute concentration.
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a. a stenotic AV valve. b. an insufficient AV valve. c. a stenotic aortic or pulmonary semilunar valve. d. an insufficient aortic or pulmonary semilunar valve. e. no conclusions can be reached based on the information provided.
When sodium ions are reabsorbed in response to the action of aldosterone, potassium ions are
A. secreted. B. actively reabsorbed. C. passively reabsorbed. D. reabsorbed.
How is a receptor potential similar to an excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) generated at a synapse?
What will be an ideal response?
________ are free phagocytes found in the lungs.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).