Physiology

2. The site of V1 AVP receptors.
5. The organ that produces AVP.
7. The site of controlled sodium resorption (........... cell).
9. The passive movement of water through a selectively permeable membrane from the low solute concentration to the high solute concentration.
10. The hormone that is produced by the pancreas and stimulates the uptake of potassium by the cells.
12. They store 99% of calcium.
14. Secretion of potassium happens in the .......... segment of the proximal tubule.
15. The diseases caused by vitamin D deficiency in adults.
16. Alcohol ............. AVP secretion.

1. The amount of osmotically active substances in 1 kg of water.
3. The hormone that decreases aldosterone secretion.
4. The hormone that is produced by the parafollicular cells (C cells) of the thyroid gland.
6. The most important mineralocorticoid hormone.
7. The hormone that stimulates calcium reabsorption and inhibits phosphate reabsorption in the kidney.
8. The disease that is caused by the absence of AVP (diabetes ............).
11. PTH causes ................ in the bones.
13. The hormone that is produced by the myoepithel cells of the afferent arteriole.