The hormone ADH controls the body's water level; it's released by the pituitary gland when blood is too concentrated and causes the kidney tubules to reabsorb more water into the blood.
The hormone ADH, released by the pituitary gland when blood is concentrated, controls water levels by making kidney tubules reabsorb more water into the blood.
| Front | What's the water level in the body controleld by? How does this work |
|---|---|
| Back | -the hormone ADH -ADH is released by pituitary gland when the blood is too concentrated. -It passes, in the blood, to the kidney tubules(millions of small tubes in the kidney) where it cause more water to be reabsorbed back into the blood. |
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