Thermoregulation

What happens if your core body rises above 40^oC?

• Hyperthermia

• Hypothermia

• Hypertonic

• Hypotonic

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What happens in your body temperature drops below 35 ^oC?

• Hyperthermia

• Hypothermia

• Hypertonic

• Hypotonic

Three ways you body can lose heat

• Evaporation of sweat

• Warm air exhaled out

• Hairs becoming erect

• Vasodilation

How is heat transferred around the body?

• Blood

• Water

• Sweat

• Skin

An organism whose body temperature is the same as the environment it is in is referred to as ________.

• poikilothermic

• homeothermic

• warm-blooded

• endothermic

The loss of 1.5 degrees of heat per hour

• Rigor mortis

• Livor mortis

• Algor mortis

• Pallor mortis

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Why is the bodies core temperature 37^oC?

• Optimum temperature for enzymes

• No specific reason

• To limit the enzymes rate of reaction

• Its not 37^oC

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Which organ of the body produces the most heat?

• The brain

• The small intestine

• The heart

• The liver

What is homeostasis?

• The maintenance of a constant internal environment

• The maintenance of a constant external environment

• The maintenance of an inconstant internal environment

• Negative feedback

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Your body temperature should be.....

• around 10 degrees celsius

• Around 25 degrees celsius

• around 37 degrees celsius

• around 50 degrees celsius