Human Physiology: An Integrated Approach (8th Edition)
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Author: Dee Unglaub Silverthorn
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 20.2, Problem 3CC
A scientist monitoring the activity of osmoreceptors notices that infusion of hyperosmotic saline (NaCl) causes increased firing of the osmoreceptors. Infusion of hyperosmotic urea (a penetrating solute) [p. 127] had no effect on the firing rate. If osmoreceptors fire only when cell volume decreases, explain why hyperosmotic urea did not affect them.
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