A person working outside in the hot sun can perspire a great deal. This increase in perspiration results in an increase in water loss from the body. Increased water loss causes the blood osmolality to increase. This increased osmolality is "sensed" by the ________.

A) kidneys
B) osmoreceptors
C) cerebral cortex
D) anterior pituitary
E) baroreceptors

Osmoreceptors

Sensory receptors that detect changes in the osmotic pressure of bodily fluids, contributing to the regulation of body water balance.

Blood Osmolality

A measure of the solute concentration in the blood, reflecting the ability to regulate water and salt balance in the body.

Perspiration

The process of sweating, or secretion of fluids from the sweat glands of the skin.