Which hormone is responsible for reabsorption of water in kidney?
A
ADH
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B
STH
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C
ACTH
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D
GTH
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Solution
The correct option is A ADH Anti-Diuretic Hormone (ADH) is a vasopressin, made by the hypothalamus and stored in the posterior pituitary gland. ADH actions on the kidney to boost up water reabsorption thus inhibits its loss in the urine. A diuretic is a promoter that raises the amount of urine formation. When the small amount of anti-diuretic hormone is injected into the body of animals or person, this results in the reduction of urine formation, and the hormone is named based on this kind of effect