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Osmoregulation is the
active regulation of the
osmotic pressure of an organism's body fluids,
detected by osmoreceptors, to
maintain the
homeostasis of...
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organisms are stenohaline, and
cannot live in
fresh water.
Osmoregulation Osmoregulation is the
active process by
which an
organism maintains its level...
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places many
physiological challenges that it must
overcome through osmoregulation.
Protein intake, for example,
causes an
excess of
toxins of
amine groups...
- The rock dove (Columba livia), also
sometimes known as "rock pigeon" or "common pigeon", is a
member of the bird
family Columbidae (doves and pigeons)...
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particularly well
characterized in
Escherichia coli. Its
function is in
osmoregulation,
responding to
changes in
environmental osmolality by
regulating the...
- July 2011.
Retrieved 28 May 2009. Bentley, P.J. (2013).
Endocrines and
Osmoregulation: A
Comparative Account in Vertebrates. Springer. p. 26. ISBN 978-3-662-05014-9...
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aforementioned acid. In 2007,
secretin was
discovered to play a role in
osmoregulation by
acting on the hypothalamus,
pituitary gland, and kidney. In 1902...
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contractile vacuole (CV) is a sub-cellular
structure (organelle)
involved in
osmoregulation. It is
found predominantly in protists,
including unicellular algae...
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Sharks are a
group of
elasmobranch cartilaginous fish
characterized by a
ribless endoskeleton,
dermal denticles, five to
seven gill
slits on each side...
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excess by
osmosis from the
environment and by
endocytosis when feeding.
Osmoregulation is done
through active ion
transporters of the cell
membrane and through...
