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What is the medical term for hormone that promotes the kidney to reabsorb water?
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The medical term for the hormone that promotes the kidney to reabsorb water is vasopressin. It helps maintain the bodys water balance this way. It is important to stay hydrated and to drink plenty of water so that the kidney can reabsorb water needed.
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A hormone secreted from the pituitary that causes kidney to reabsorb water?
Anti-diuretic hormone (or ADH) is released by the pituitary gland to encourage the kidneys to reabsorb water.
What organ tells the kidney how much water to reabsorb?
Antidiuretic hormone ADH
what hormone promotes sodium ion by the kidney in order to increase blood pressure and blood volume?
Aldesterone
What hormone promotes the reabsorbtion of sodium and potassium ions by the kidney?
When the macula densa in the distal tubules of the kidney sense a decrease in fluid volume, the renin-aldosterone system is activated. Aldosterone is the hormone responsible for sodium retention, causing water to be conserved.
Rising blood levels of aldosterone cause the kidney tubules to?
To reabsorb more sodium and some tme that can lead to an edema (oedema)
What is the medical term for hormone produced by the kidney to increase formation of red blood cells?
The medical term is erythropoietin, which is a hormone produced by the kidney to stimulate the production of red blood cells in the bone marrow.
What hormone regulates salt and water balance?
Aldosterone is the hormone that is secreted by the adrenal cortex and promotes the retention of salt which then helps the body to retain more water. This is important for maintaining blood pressure in the body which is essential for proper kidney function.
What does ADH make the kidneys do?
Increases how much water the collecting ducts in the kidney reabsorb.
Why do you think protein in the urine is a sign of kidney damage?
The kidney is "designed" to 1) not leak proteins and 2) to reabsorb any that do get into the urine.
What hormone is necessary for water to be reabsorbed in the kidney?
Anti-diuretic hormone (or ADH) is released by the pituitary gland to encourage the kidneys to reabsorb water.
What is the hormone that signals the kidney to make less urine?
The hormone is called antidiuretic hormone.
What hormones retains sodium in the body?
aldosterone retains salt at the distal convoluted tubule and the water follows
