What is osmoregulation?
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17 Jul, 2021
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Osmoregulation is a process of homeostasis. And homeostasis is the maintenance of a stable internal environment. Thus, Osmoregulation is the process that deals with the maintenance of a stable internal environment of an organism.
Osmoregulation is the active regulation of the osmotic pressure of an organism's body fluids, detected by osmoreceptors, to maintain the homeostasis of the organism's water content; that is, it maintains the fluid balance and the concentration of electrolytes (salts in solution which in this case is represented by body fluid) to keep the body fluids from becoming too diluted or concentrated. Osmotic pressure is a measure of the tendency of water to move into one solution from another by osmosis.
Osmoregulation is defined as the process whereby an animal regulates the balance between water and salts in its body fluids. The body does not have room for excess or shortage of water or salt, hence the need to always maintain their levels in the body fluid.
Refer to pg 294 Essential Biology M.C Michael.
Topic: Regulation of internal environment.
osmoregulation is the process where by animals regulates balance between salt and water in its body.Protozoa use contractile vacuole to regulate imbalance of salt and water.Higher mammals use kidney to regulate imbalance of salt and water in the body
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