Thermoregulation
Cards (21)
- What does homeostasis maintain in the body?
- What is the normal human body temperature?
- What part of the brain monitors body temperature?
- What do the receptors in the thermo regulatory center respond to?
- How does the skin contribute to temperature monitoring?
- What happens when body temperature gets too high?
- What is the process called when blood vessels dilate?
- What occurs during vasodilation?
- How does the body cool itself down?
- What happens when body temperature drops too low?
- What is the term for blood vessels becoming narrower?
- What happens to blood flow during vasoconstriction?
- What is one way the body generates heat when cold?
- What do skeletal muscles do during shivering?
- What increases in muscle cells during shivering?
- What is released during increased respiration in muscle cells?
- What happens to sweating when body temperature falls too low?
- How does the thermo regulatory center respond to temperature changes?
- What are the responses of the body to high body temperature?
- What are the responses of the body to low body temperature?
- How does the control of body temperature exemplify homeostasis?