PATHOLOGY MCQ
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: -During exercise the body gets rid of excessheat by sweating to try to stay at the 98.6oF set point.
Detailed explanation-2: -Body temperature control is a good overall example of how the body maintains homeostasis in a biological system. In humans, 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is the average body temperature.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Therefore, a stable body temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, give or take only a few degrees, is one aspect of homeostasis in humans.