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Thad E. Wilson and Kristen Metzler-Wilson
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Neuroendocrine and Autonomic Systems
...Thermoregulation Introduction Although J. N. Langley first substituted the term “autonomic” for “visceral” in 1898 ( E. M. Tansey, 1999 ), the value of the term “thermoregulation” has been recognized for even longer as one of the most fundamental biologic concepts and examples of the homeostatic process in physiology. The opposite of thermoregulation is thermoconformation, which indicates internal temperature conforming to the environmental temperature. These definitions are often too simplistic, implying that if an organism does anything to...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine (3 ed.)
... Maintenance of a relatively constant body core temperature. Thermoregulation may involve behavioural and physiological processes ( see thermotaxis ). Skin thermoreceptors monitor environmental temperatures for behavioural thermoregulation involving voluntary behavioural responses initiated by the cortex of the brain. The hypothalamus contains thermoreceptors involved in physiological...
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A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)
... n . A form of homeostasis whereby homoiothermic animals such as humans maintain a constant internal body temperature. [From Greek therme heat + Latin regulare to control + -ation indicating a process or...
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A Dictionary of Biology (8 ed.)
...thermoregulation Regulation of body temperature by any means, whether physiological or behavioural. Some animals, particularly mammals and birds, can maintain a fairly constant internal body temperature ( see homoiothermy ), whereas in others the body temperature varies with the temperature of the environment ( see poikilothermy ). In mammals body temperature is regulated by the hypothalamus in the brain, in conjunction with the autonomic nervous system. The hypothalamus contains temperature sensors and also receives input from thermoreceptors in the...
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A Dictionary of Animal Behaviour (2 ed.)
... A form of * homeostasis by means of which body temperature is controlled. Most animals have an optimum body temperature around which they function most efficiently. Below this temperature the metabolic rate declines progressively, muscular activity diminishes, and the animal may become torpid. Above the optimum temperature, metabolic rate rapidly increases, but there is an upper limit to the temperature at which bodily processes remain viable. For most species this limit is around 47°C. The metabolic reactions of the body produce heat...
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A Dictionary of Ecology (5 ed.)
...thermoregulation The maintenance of a constant body temperature by means of basking, sheltering, shivering, etc. See ectotherm...
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A Dictionary of Zoology (5 ed.)
...thermoregulation The maintenance of a constant body temperature by means of basking, sheltering, shivering, etc. See also ectotherm ....
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