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