ADH Definition

ADH Sentence Examples

• Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)-Also called vasopressin, a hormone that acts on the kidneys to regulate water balance.

• Testing of many bed-wetting children has shown that these children do not have the usual increase in ADH during sleep.

• Sodium balance in the body normally is controlled by aldosterone and ADH (antidiuretic hormone ).

• Nerve impulses from the hypothalamus stimulate the posterior pituitary to produce ADH when the osmotic pressure of the blood rises.

• The amount of ADH secreted by the posterior pituitary is determined by sensors in the brain which monitor the concentration of the blood.