Osmoregulation
What Osmoregulation means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: AQA
Controls blood water potential; if it falls, water leaves osmoreceptors in the hypothalamus by osmosis, causing them to shrink.
Homeostatic function in which the collecting duct adjusts water reabsorption under ADH control to regulate body fluids.
Topics that use Osmoregulation
- Control of blood water potential (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- Excretion as an example of homeostatic control (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Aquaporins
- osmoreceptors
- ADH
- Blood markers of kidney function
- Deamination and urea
- Dialysis versus transplant as treatments
- Excretion
- Filtration and reabsorption in the nephron
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