Excretory Products And Their Elimination Question 5

Question: ADH influences water permeability in the:

Options:

A) Proximal tubule

B) Distal tubule

C) Collecting tubule

D) Both [a] and [b]

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

[b] Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) produced by neurosecretory cells in the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei of the hypothalamus, stimulates water reabsorption from (in DCT part of nephron) kidney tubules into the blood and vasocontraction of arterioles.