In a 1973-74 situation comedy "All in the Family", the character Archie Bunker says: "Let me tell you something about beer: You can never buy beer, you can only rent it." By that he meant that when you drink beer, you have to urinate a lot, and very soon.

With the added information that alcohol inhibits the production of the hormone ADH, what would be the connection between alcohol consumption, ADH production, and volume of urine?

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In a 1973-74 situation comedy "All in the Family", the character Archie Bunker says: "Let me tell you something about beer: You can never buy beer, you can only rent it." By that he meant that when you drink beer, you have to urinate a lot, and very soon. 

With the added information that alcohol inhibits the production of the hormone ADH, what would be the connection between alcohol consumption, ADH production, and volume of urine?

anonymous · Answer

The amount of water in the blood must be kept more or less the same all the time to avoid cell damage as a result of osmosis. hypothalamus, detects that there is not enough water in the blood. The hypothalamus sends a message to the pituitary gland which releases ADH. So, this travels in the blood to your kidneys and affects the tubules so more water is reabsorbed into your blood. As a result you make a smaller volume of more concentrated urine. The level of water in your blood increases until it is back to normal. The hypothalamus detects the change and sends a message to the pituitary. The release of ADH into the blood is slowed down or even stopped. Without ADH the kidneys will not save as much water and you produce large volumes of dilute urine. The level of water in the blood falls back to the normal level. < If this helps you or need help, tell me. I had this information form my text books, so i hope this helped. :)

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