Monday, December 12, 2011

What organs control water balance in the body?

I know that the kidneys and the small intestine help maintain a water balance in the body, but are there any more organs or structures that help maintain water balance? If there is, could you explain to me how they work and how they maintain a water balance? Thanks.|||aldosterone controls the amount of water in body

when secreted it would cause the water and sodium to be retained in the body



there is another hormone called anf (atrial natriuritic factor) that will cause the water to be excreted from the kidney in cases of high blood pressure



but i think the most important hormone is the ADH(antidiuretic hormone) secreted from the posterior pituitary and this allows the water to be retained in the body but without the sodium and when some people have a deficient amount of this hormone they produce alot of urine like 15 liters a day in a situation called diabetes insipidus|||Sodium/potassium ion pumps help regulate a cells osmotic balance.

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