Definition of Osmoreceptors. Meaning of Osmoreceptors. Synonyms of Osmoreceptors

- fluid balance in the body. Osmoreceptors are also found in the kidneys where they also modulate osmolality. Osmoreceptors are located in two of the cir****ventricular...
- some elimination of osmoreceptors. Type C adipsia (type C osmoreceptor dysfunction) involves complete elimination of osmoreceptors, and as a result have...
- regulation of the osmotic pressure of an organism's body fluids, detected by osmoreceptors, to maintain the homeostasis of the organism's water content; that is...
- parasympathetic efferents, carries signals from stretch receptors, osmoreceptors, and chemoreceptors to dorsal vagal complex where the signal may be...
- the posterior pituitary. Appropriate ADH secretion is regulated by osmoreceptors on the hypothalamic cells that synthesize and store ADH: plasma hypertonicity...
- by osmosis, thus causing cellular dehydration. Clusters of cells (osmoreceptors) in the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis (OVLT) and subfornical...
- operates as follows: in some of the cells of the hypothalamus, there are osmoreceptors which respond to an elevated serum sodium in body fluids by signalling...
- fluid. The area in the anterior region of the hypothalamus contains the osmoreceptors, cells that control osmolality via the secretion of antidiuretic hormone...
- increased osmolarity in the extracellular fluid. This is sensed by osmoreceptors in the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis, which trigger thirst...
- the osmolarity of the blood increases. With increased osmolarity, the osmoreceptors in the hypothalamus detect this change and stimulate thirst. With increased...