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What is osmoregulation?

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Osmoregulation is the process of maintaining osmotic pressure of an organism fluid or balance of the water content in the organisms body. In animals kidneys play an important role in maintaining the osmoregulation. The most important way of regulating the water balance is by controlling the amount of water lost via excretion.

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