Thermoregulation

Why is the inability to sweat (anhidrosis) dangerous?

• It results in high blood glucose.

• It can lead to high blood pressure.

• It prevents your body from cooling down when it's too hot.

• It helps your body regulate carbon dioxide levels.

Put the following steps in the correct order.

• brain detects a rise in body temperature

• nervous system sends signals to the skin

• blood vessels dilate & sweat is released

• body temperature starts to decrease

• body temperature returns to norma

Click on the group of responses that would warm the body up.

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The receptors in the hypothalamus (in the brain) detect changes in the temperature of the

• skin

• blood

• muscles

• hair

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) response to increase in body temperature

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(b) response to a decrease in body temperatu

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(c) detects blood temperature

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(d) detects extremity temperature

• muscles cause shivering

• sweat is produced

• sweating stops

• blood vessels dilate

• blood vessels constrict

• nerves in skin

• brain

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Click on the diagram that represents negative feedback.

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Which body systems work together to regulate body temperature?

• endocrine and digestive

• circulatory and respiratory

• nervous and digestive

• nervous and circulatory

Which part of this graph might represent a high body temperature returning to normal?

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An organism that produces its own body heat is called...

• Poikilotherm

• Homeotherm

• Endotherm

• Ectotherm

Which of the following ISN'T a thermoregulatory strategy for warming up?

• vasoconstriction

• shivering

• sweating

• extra layers of blubber (fat)