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Match each description with the item below.
-Edward Braddock


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Osmoregulator

An organism that regulates its internal osmotic pressure, maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance despite external conditions.

Antidiuretic Hormone

A hormone released by the pituitary gland that regulates water retention in the body by increasing the concentration of solutes in the blood.

Collecting Ducts

Tubules in the kidneys that receive urine from the nephrons and transport it into the renal pelvis and ureter.

Reabsorbed

The process by which substances are taken back into the blood from the filtrate produced in the kidneys.

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