Sleep

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occurs more than once a day examples include eating, body temperature, heartbeat and dream cycles
Ultradian
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occurs approximately every 24 hours such as the sleep wake cycle
Circadian
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occurs more than every 24 hours such as menstruation cycle, SAD and hibernation
Infradian
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How many stages of sleep?
Five
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Internal mechanisms which manage the circadian rhythms
Endogenous pacemakers
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External factors that help reset the biological clock so it is synchronised with the external world
Exogenous zeitgebers
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occurs approximately every 24 hours such as the sleep wake cycle

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Circadian

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occurs more than every 24 hours such as menstruation cycle, SAD and hibernation

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How many stages of sleep?

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Card 5

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Internal mechanisms which manage the circadian rhythms

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