The volume and concentration of a person's urine is regulated by homeostatic mechanisms to keep the blood concentration constant.
Complete the sentences below to describe how the body responds to a person drinking a large volume of water.
Use the words in the list:
If a person has consumed a large volume of water, the concentration of the blood decreases.
This is detected by receptors in the ............................. .
These receptors send a message to the ............................. .
This causes less ............................. to be released into the bloodstream.
Give one factor, other than high water intake, that could cause a person to produce a large volume of dilute urine.
Diabetes mellitus is a condition where a person's blood glucose concentration is very high, leading to glucose passing out in the urine.
Describe a chemical test that could be used to determine if a patient's urine contains glucose.