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A healthy woman consumes a litre of water at once.

(i) How will be the internal environment of her body affected by this?


(ii) A corrective measure to bring the arising condition to normal state is?


Select the correct option for (i) and (ii) from those given below


Consuming high amount of water leads to increased water concentration in blood. As a result, osmotic pressure of the plasma decreases because excess water must be eliminated to maintain normal functioning of the body. Decreased osmotic pressure of the plasma tends to push out excess water from the circulatory system.


Consequently, more volume of urine is produced and the person has frequent urination.

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