To Keep Individuals from Urinating at Night, Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)

question 63

Multiple Choice

 To keep individuals from urinating at night, antidiuretic hormone (ADH) serves to ____.

• A) concentrate the urine during sleep hours
• B) signal the reticular activating system to wake them up when they need to urinate
• C) loosen the bladder walls so that they may hold more urine
• D) strengthen the bladder sphincter

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Definitions:

Chromosomes

The structures within cells that hold genes, made up of DNA and protein, and are key to the process of heredity and determining traits.

Organelle

Specialized part of a cell with one or more specific individual functions.

Control Center

In physiology, a system that manages the function of maintaining homeostasis in the body by receiving and processing signals.

Nucleus

A membrane-bound organelle within a cell that contains most of the cell's genetic material and regulates gene expression.