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What does osmoregulation mean?

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  1. The homeostatic regulation of osmotic pressure in the body in order to maintain a constant water content.
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The crustacean hepatopancreas expresses a variety of transporters, but little attention has been paid to their possible involvement in osmoregulation by euryhaline species.
As well as controlling some muscles and body organs, in bony fish at least, the brain stem governs respiration and osmoregulation.
Several studies have confirmed the importance of this channel for osmoregulation of the bacterial cell.
To understand osmoregulation of organisms in the real world, then, we must remember that organisms are more than bags of interesting molecules or vehicles for sets of genes.
Dr. Saleuddin, Professor Emeritus of Biology at York University, is a physiologist with expertise in neuroendocrinology of growth, reproduction, and osmoregulation in molluscs.
The daily diet of the pigeon places many physiological challenges that it must overcome through osmoregulation.

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