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Osmoregulation is the active regulation of the osmotic pressure of bodily fluids to maintain the homeostasis of the body's water content; that is it keeps the body's fluids from becoming too dilute or too concentrated.
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Osmoregulation is the active regulation of the osmotic pressure of body fluids to maintain the homeostasis of the body's water content, that is it keeps the body from becoming too dilute or too concentrated.
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osmoregulation The regulation of the movement of water by osmosis into and out of cells; the maintenance of water balance within the body.
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osmoregulation
Adaptations to control the water balance in organisms living in hypertonic, hypotonic, or terrestrial environments.
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osmoregulation The maintenance of osmolarity by an organism or body cell with respect to the surrounding medium.
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We suspect that the toxins of Vibrio cholerae probably play a role in osmoregulation, the ability of crabs and cocopods to migrate through very, very strongly changing water salinities, ...
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Malpighian tubule
A unique excretory organ of insects that empties into the digestive tract, removes nitrogenous wastes from the blood, and functions in osmoregulation.
Covered in Lab 12 Animal Diversity II ...
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