5.3 Hormonal coordination in humans

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ADH is a hormone released by the pituitary gland that plays a key role in maintaining water balance in the body by regulating how much water is reabsorbed from the renal tubules.

Table 1 shows the physiological effects of different plasma concentrations of ADH in a healthy adult male.

Table 1

Plasma ADH concentration (ng/dm3\text{ng/dm}^3ng/dm3)Concentration of dissolved solutes in urine (mOsm/kg\text{mOsm/kg}mOsm/kg)Rate of urine production (cm3/minute\text{cm}^3/\text{minute}cm3/minute)
0.825015.0
1.65009.5
2.48005.2
3.211002.1
4.813000.8

During a physiological study, the participant's plasma ADH concentration increased from 1.6 ng/dm31.6\text{ ng/dm}^31.6 ng/dm3 to 3.2 ng/dm33.2\text{ ng/dm}^33.2 ng/dm3.

Explain how this increase in the concentration of ADH causes the changes to the urine shown in Table 1.

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