Thermoregulation
This lesson covers:
- What the term 'thermoregulation' means
- How the thermoregulatory centre controls our temperature
- How we warm the body by shivering, raising body hairs, and vasoconstriction
- How we cool the body by sweating, lowering body hairs, and vasodilation
Which word refers to the control of our internal body temperature?
Specialisation
Thermoregulation
Phagocytosis
Deamination
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The human body has to be kept around which temperature?
33°C
35°C
37°C
39°C
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What type of feedback is involved in thermoregulation?
Inverse feedback
Negative feedback
Positive feedback
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Why do we have to maintain our body temperature at 37°C?
It prevents pathogens from surviving
It's the optimum temperature for digestion
It's the optimum temperature for enzymes to function
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Where in the body is the thermoregulatory centre located?
Skin
Spinal cord
Brain
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What is the role of receptors in the body?
To detect changes in conditions
To coordinate negative feedback
To carry out responses
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Temperature receptors are found throughout the body.
Where are the two main places they're found?
Liver
Blood vessels
Skin
Spinal cord
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Which of the methods below serve to warm the body up?
(Select all that apply)
Contract erector muscles and raise body hairs
Shivering
Constrict blood vessels near the skin
Relax erector muscles and lower body hairs
Dilate blood vessels near the skin
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Is information about skin temperature sent to the brain by the nervous system, or endocrine system?
Nervous
Endocrine
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Explain how shivering warms the body.
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brain / skin / hairs / oils / blood / air
To minimise heat loss we contract erector muscles in the , which raises our . This traps a layer of insulating and so means that less heat energy is lost.
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Which of the methods below help cool us down?
(Select all that apply)
Sweating
Contract erector muscles and raise body hairs
Relax erector muscles and lower body hairs
Dilate blood vessels near the skin
Constrict blood vessels near the skin
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What is vasodilation?
Blood vessels near the skin become narrow, decreasing the flow of blood in the skin capillaries
Blood vessels near the skin become wider, increasing the flow of blood in the skin capillaries
Blood vessels near the skin become wider, decreasing the flow of blood in the skin capillaries
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How does sweat keep us cool?
As sweat evaporates it removes heat energy from the skin
Sweat is cool so it cools us down
It washes the warm oils away from our skin
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