Example 1 · difficulty 3/5
A patient passes large volumes of pale, dilute urine and complains of intense thirst. The condition is diagnosed as diabetes insipidus arising from deficient release of a hormone. The deficient hormone and its normal target segments are:
- A. ADH; distal convoluted tubule and collecting duct
- B. aldosterone; proximal convoluted tubule
- C. ADH; ascending limb of the loop of Henle
- D. atrial natriuretic factor; collecting duct