Biology unit 1

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Homeostasis
regulating internal body temperature
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What happens to your body when the temperature goes above normal temperature
when your body tempersture is too hot erector muscles relax your hairs lie flat. sweat glands produce lots of sweat and vasodilation occurs
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Vasodilation
widening of blood vessels
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vasconstriction
narrowing of blood vessels
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when you're too cold
erector muscles contract hairs stand up on the end to trap insulating layer of air. vasoconstriction occurs
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Card 2

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What happens to your body when the temperature goes above normal temperature

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when your body tempersture is too hot erector muscles relax your hairs lie flat. sweat glands produce lots of sweat and vasodilation occurs

Card 3

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Vasodilation

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Card 4

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vasconstriction

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Card 5

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when you're too cold

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