Behavioral Thermoregulation — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Numbness is an effect of _____ stress.

Answer: cold

Flashcard 2: Pyrogens induce fever via increased production of _____, which acts on the anterior hypothalamus to increase local production of prostaglandins

Answer: IL-1

Flashcard 3: The _____ is the factor by which the rate of a biologic process increases for a 10C increase in temperature.

Answer: temperature coefficient (Q10)

Flashcard 4: Sweating in a desert is a cause of _____-osmotic volume contraction

Answer: hyper

Flashcard 5: heat stroke occurs due to _____

Answer: failure of heat regulation

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Flashcard 6: heat syncope occurs due to _____

Answer: vasodilation

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Flashcard 7: heat exhaustion occurs due to _____

Answer: impaired salt and water balance in the body

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Flashcard 8: Reason for paradoxical undressing is _____-induced paralysis of the vasomotor nerves, leading to vasodilation.

Answer: cold

Flashcard 9: Exposure to cold temperatures activates centers in the _____ hypothalamus, which then activate α and γ motoneurons innervating skeletal muscle, causing shivering

Answer: posterior