Body Temperature

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What regulates the core body temperature
Homeostatic mechanisms
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Define homeostasis
Ability of an organism to maintain an internal environment, regardless of the external environment by adjusting physiological processes
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When temperature rises, what does the body do to lose heat
Divert blood to skin, produce sweat to lose heat through evaporation, vasodilation lose heat through radiation
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What other mechanisms lose heat
Exhaling air, excretion, vomiting
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What factors can affect our ability to lose heat
Temperature or surroundings, Temperature of the air, Humidity, Air movement, Amount of clothes worn, Activity, Body area exposed
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How does the body raise temperature
Shivering, increase metabolic rate, increase respiration rate
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How does the body prevent heat loss
Piloerection (making hairs erect), vasoconstriction (diverting blood from skin)
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Define homeostasis

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Ability of an organism to maintain an internal environment, regardless of the external environment by adjusting physiological processes

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When temperature rises, what does the body do to lose heat

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What other mechanisms lose heat

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What factors can affect our ability to lose heat

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