The nurse assessing a patient with vomiting and diarrhea observes that the urine is scant and concentrated. The nurse explains that the compensatory reabsorption of water is controlled by:
a. osmoreceptors in the hypothalamus.
b. antidiuretic hormone in the posterior pi-tuitary.
c. baroreceptors in the carotid sinus.
d. insulin from the pancreas.
B
The antidiuretic hormone controls how much water leaves the body by reabsorbing water in the renal tubules.
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