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What are Endogenous Pacemakers?

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Mechanisms within the body that govern the internal, biological bodily rhythms.

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What are exogenous zeitgebers?

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An environmental cue, such as light, that helps to regulate the biological clock in an organism

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What are Infradian rhythms?

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Rhythms that have a duration of over 24 hours, and may be weekly, monthly or even annually.

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What are Ultradian rhythms?

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Cycles that last less than 24 hours, such as the cycle of sleep stages that occur throughout the night.

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What is a circadian rhythm?

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A pattern of behaviour that occurs or recurs approximately every 24 hours, and which is set and reset by environmental light levels.

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What is a sleep-wake cycle?

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refers to alternating states of sleep and waking that are dependent on the 24-hour circadian cycle.