Adh Synonyms

Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. vasopressin
  2. antidiuretic-hormone
  3. pitressin

Adh Sentence Examples

  • Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)-Also called vasopressin, a hormone that acts on the kidneys to regulate water balance.

  • Testing of many bed-wetting children has shown that these children do not have the usual increase in ADH during sleep.

  • Sodium balance in the body normally is controlled by aldosterone and ADH (antidiuretic hormone ).

  • Nerve impulses from the hypothalamus stimulate the posterior pituitary to produce ADH when the osmotic pressure of the blood rises.

  • The amount of ADH secreted by the posterior pituitary is determined by sensors in the brain which monitor the concentration of the blood.

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