Sunday, January 22, 2012

(I)GCSE 2.77 c) Osmoregulation



- Regulation of body water content = Homeostasis
 - Homeostasis is maintaining constant conditions
- Regulation is of body water content, largely making up Plasma and Tissue Fluids
- Homeostasis of water body content = OSMOREGULATION
- Major receptor in water body content = hypothalamus of the brain
- Stimulus to Hypothalamus = blood
- Effector = kidney
- Output of kidney = filtered blood



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