PHYSIOLOGY
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Your internal body temperature is 98.6o.
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The hair growing on your head.
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Your fingernails and toenails breaking when they get too long.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Body temperature control in humans is one of the most familiar examples of homeostasis. Normal body temperature hovers around 37 °C (98.6 °F), but a number of factors can affect this value, including exposure to the elements, hormones, metabolic rate, and disease, leading to excessively high or low body temperatures.
Detailed explanation-2: -Whether you’re lying in the summer sun or playing in the winter snow, your body temperature only changes by a degree or two. That’s an example of homeostasis being maintained. When you get shivery in the cold, or sweat in the summer, that’s your body trying to maintain homeostasis.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Keeping your temperature at 98.6 degrees F is an example of g) homeostasis. All living things are able to maintain a degree of homeostasis inside their bodies. This means they keep internal conditions constant and stable.
Detailed explanation-4: -When your hypothalamus senses that you’re too hot, it sends signals to your sweat glands to make you sweat and cool you off. When the hypothalamus senses that you’re too cold, it sends signals to your muscles that make your shiver and create warmth. This is called maintaining homeostasis.