Homeostasis of body temperature and body fluids

Question 1

what temperature does the body constantly have to be at and how is this achieved?

Answer 1

36.8 degrees Celsius

heat gained by the body must be exactly equal the heat lost from the body

Question 2

What is thermoregulation?

Answer 2

Maintaining the balance between heat production and heat loss

Question 3

What is metabolic rate and what effects it?

Answer 3

Rate at which energy is released by the break down of food

exercise, stress and body temperature affect metabolic rate

Question 4

What are the two types of thermoreceptors?

Answer 4

central and peripheral thermoreceptors

Question 5

Describe the two types of peripheral thermoreceptors

Answer 5

cold and heat receptors

cold receptor detects temperatures lower than normal
heat receptors detect temperatures higher than normal

Question 6

Where is information about temperature received?

Answer 6

hypothalamus

Question 7

How is temperature in the skin regulated?

Answer 7

The diameter of blood vessels can increase or decrease the flow of blood near the surface

Sweating, when you sweat the sweat evaporating of your skin has a cooling effect. cooling of the skin results in cooling of the blood flowing through the skin