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: When [[Anti-diuretic Hormone|ADH]] is detected the by the [[kidney]]s the tubules in the [[nephron]]s allows [[water]] from the tubules back into the [[blood]] through the [[capillaries]] in the [[nephron]]. This causes the [[organism]] to produce very little, but highly [[concentrated]] [[urine]].
: When there is little [[Anti-diuretic Hormone|ADH]] the tubules in the [[kidney]]s stop the [[water]] being reabsorbed into the [[blood]] and allow it to pass out through the [[ureter]]s into the [[bladder]]. This causes the [[organism]] to produce a large [[Volume (Space)|volume]] of [[dilute]] [[urine]].
 
===References===
====Edexcel====
 
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782946748/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782946748&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=a4f0348fc37d0ba1bb52d27f8679581f ''Nephrons, page 84, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948120/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948120&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=dedef775c6a43dbb0a609441525adac0 ''Nephrons, pages 247, 248, GCSE Biology, CGP, Edexcel '']
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