Thermoregulation

Question 1

what temp is the body kept at?

Answer 1

37C

Question 2

what part of your brain maintains the temp?

Answer 2

Thermoregulatory centre

Question 3

what happenes when the temp is too high?

Answer 3

.sweat glands release sweat on the surface of your skin, the sweat evaporates taking energy from your body
.flushing, under the skin we have a network of blood capillaries which get wider

Question 4

what is vasodilation?

Answer 4

under the skin we have a network of blood capillaries which get wider this means more blood flows through them and heat can now transfer out of the blood

Question 5

what happenes if your temp drops too low?

Answer 5

.stop sweating
.capillaries constrict making it narrow
.shiver, our skeletal muscles contract, too generate energy the muscle cells increase rate of resperation this releases heat

Question 6

what is vasoconstriction?

Answer 6

capillaries constrict making it narrow which means less blood flows through capillaries and less heat is lost through body