Question

Explain the role of vasopressin in kidney? 3 mark​

Answer 1

Answer:

• Vasopressin, also called antidiuretic hormone, that plays a key role in maintaining osmolality (the concentration of dissolved particles, such as salts and glucose, in the serum).

• It also regulates the tonicity of body fluids. It is released from the posterior pituitary in response to hypertonicity.

• It also causes the kidneys to reabsorb solute-free water and return it to the circulation from the tubules of the nephron, thus returning the tonicity of the body fluids toward normal.