Connor decides to celebrate his 21st birthday by drinking a few beers at a local sports bar. After a while, Connor notices that he is making many more trips to the men's room than the week before, when he drank similar amounts of carbonated water. Why is that?

A. Alcohol stimulates the insertion of aquaporins into the plasma membranes of cells that line the collecting ducts, thereby decreasing water reabsorption.
B. Alcohol inhibits the secretion of ADH by the posterior pituitary gland, thereby decreasing water reabsorption.
C. Alcohol stimulates filtration of the blood plasma by the glomeruli.
D. Alcohol inhibits reabsorption of sugars, amino acids and other small metabolites, which decreases reabsorption of water.
E. Alcohol stimulates secretion of ions into the nephron and water follows by osmosis.


Answer: B

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