Assignment task: Using the following figure that explain how homeostasis is re-established, answer the following questions in respect to ingesting a large quantity of orange juice (representing the potassium content) in a short time:
(a) What is the main hormone that is implicated? (1st box)
(b) What gland/organ (be specific) supplies this hormone? (2nd box)
(c) What specific zone of this gland/organ is triggered here to initiate the whole cycle of re-establishment? (3rd box)
(d) Using the data collected and the figure provided, what was the expected chloride ion concentration? (low, high, a little higher, normal) - N.B. chloride ion value simulates what happen with the sodium ion. (4th box)
(e) Give one reason, for your answer in (d). (5th box)