Thermoregulation

Question 1

What is your normal body temperature

Answer 1

37 degrees

Question 2

What happens if your temperature is above 38 degrees

Answer 2

Fever

Question 3

What does it mean if your temperature is below 36 degrees

Answer 3

Hyperthermia

Question 4

Thermoregulation

Answer 4

control of body temperature

Question 5

What part of your brain monitors temperature

Answer 5

Hypothalamus

Question 6

What happens to your enzymes if you have fever or hyperthermia

Answer 6

They denature

Question 7

How does the hypothalamus control body temperature

Answer 7

it receives information from temperature receptors in the dermis of skin
Receptors inside hypothalamus detect temperature changes in brain and blood

Question 8

cold environment:
Shivering

Answer 8

muscles contracting and relaxing rapidly
energy released from cell respiration warms you up

Question 9

Cold environment
goosebumps

Answer 9

erector muscles in dermis of skin contract to make hairs stand up, trapping air for insulation

Question 10

cold environment
reduction of blood flow near skin

Answer 10

keeps blood warm inside your body
vasoconstriction
reduces rate of transfer of energy to air by heating

Question 11

hot environment
sweating

Answer 11

spreads out as thin layer over skin epidermis, where it evaporates, transferring energy from skin to surroundings by heating, so skin cools down

Question 12

hot environment
increased blood flow

Answer 12

increased blood flow near surface of skin makes it easy for blood to transfer energy