osmolarity
Americannoun
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As blood osmolarity decreases, a negative feedback mechanism reduces osmoreceptor activity in the hypothalamus, and ADH secretion is reduced.
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The water it lives in has very high osmolarity, which causes water to constantly diffuse into the fish’s body.
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What would likely occur to the osmolarity of the filtrate in the ascending limb if the active transport of NaCl stopped?
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Explain your answer in terms of the osmolarity of the water it lives in.
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Three terms—hypotonic, isotonic, and hypertonic—are used to relate the osmolarity of a cell to the osmolarity of the extracellular fluid that contains the cells.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
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