BIOSC-116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Dialysis, Hemodialysis, Aldosterone

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Outline the role of the hormones, aldosterone and adh (anti-diuretic hormone) in the regulation of water and salt levels in blood. Adh (anti-diuretic hormone): controls the reabsorption of water and concentration of salt through water retention by adjusting the permeability of the collecting ducts and the distal tubules. In high salt concentrations adh levels increase, some distal tubules and collecting ducts become more permeable to water (more water is reabsorbed to return concentrations to normal). In low salt concentrations the adh levels increase, but make the distal tubules and collecting ducts less permeable, meaning less water is absorbed. Aldosterone: controls the amount of salt in the blood by regulating the reabsorption of salt in the nephron. In high salt levels, levels of aldosterone decrease, resulting less salt being reabsorbed and less water diffusing in. Salt then decreases and blood volume/pressure also decrease.

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