Osmoregulation in Humans

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Across
  1. 1. Measure of solute concentration in a solution
  2. 6. Condition caused by insufficient body water
  3. 7. Functional unit of the kidney
  4. 11. Structure that detects a stimulus or change
  5. 15. Organ responsible for filtering blood and regulating water levels
  6. 17. Process that maintains water and solute balance in the body
  7. 18. Water channel proteins inserted into cell membranes by ADH
  8. 19. Liquid waste produced by the kidneys
  9. 20. Brain region that detects changes in blood water concentration
Down
  1. 2. Movement of water back into the bloodstream from kidney tubules
  2. 3. duct Kidney structure where ADH increases water reabsorption
  3. 4. Fluid whose water concentration is monitored during osmoregulation
  4. 5. Change in the internal environment that triggers a response
  5. 8. Maintenance of a stable internal environment
  6. 9. Control mechanism that responds to changes in the body
  7. 10. urine Produced when ADH levels are high
  8. 12. Hormone that increases water reabsorption in the kidneys
  9. 13. Gland that releases ADH into the bloodstream
  10. 14. feedback Mechanism that reverses a change to restore balance
  11. 16. urine Produced when ADH levels are low