Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different...
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As in other mammals, human thermoregulation is an important aspect of homeostasis. In thermoregulation, body heat is generated mostly in the deep organs...
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Insect thermoregulation is the process whereby insects maintain body temperatures within certain boundaries. Insects have traditionally been considered...
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Pinniped (redirect from Thermoregulation in pinnipeds)
Pinnipeds (pronounced /ˈpɪnɪˌpɛdz/), commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly...
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Rabbit (redirect from Thermoregulation in rabbits)
hares.[page needed] Rabbits' ears are an important structure to aid thermoregulation as well as in detecting predators due to the way the outer, middle...
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Bat (redirect from Thermoregulation in bats)
water loss. Water helps maintain their ionic balance in their blood, thermoregulation system, and removal of wastes and toxins from the body via urine. They...
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Mesotherm (category Thermoregulation)
coined to advocate for an intermediate status of non-avian dinosaur thermoregulation, between endotherms and ectotherms. A more technical definition was...
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Turtle (section Thermoregulation)
Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major...
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Homeothermy (category Thermoregulation)
Homeothermy, homothermy or homoiothermy is thermoregulation that maintains a stable internal body temperature regardless of external influence. This internal...
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Mammal (section Thermoregulation)
in the spinal cord. The primary function of the fur of mammals is thermoregulation. Others include protection, sensory purposes, waterproofing, and camouflage...
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Newt (section Thermoregulation)
cutaneous water permeability, but promotes increased cutaneous blood flow. Thermoregulation, in combination with seasonal acclimation, describes the major mechanisms...
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keep the head clean when feeding, and also plays an important role in thermoregulation. Vultures have been observed to hunch their bodies and tuck in their...
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Black squirrel (section Thermoregulation)
that its frequency is the result of crypsis, and/or the result of thermoregulation. It has been theorized that non-melanistic gray squirrels have a concealment...
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chimpanzee, and other great apes. Loss of body hair in Homo links to the thermoregulation through perspiration heat dissipation required for activity in hot...
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depletion of electrolytes and bodily fluids Medications affecting thermoregulation Risk factors for heat exhaustion include: Wearing dark, padded, or...
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Lazarus M, Saper CB (September 2009). "Parallel preoptic pathways for thermoregulation". The Journal of Neuroscience. 29 (38): 11954–64. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI...
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Common ostrich (section Thermoregulation)
adaptations for thermoregulation, such as altering their feathers. Common ostriches display a feather fluffing behavior that aids them in thermoregulation by regulating...
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Viviparous lizard (section Thermoregulation)
Zootoca vivipara lives in very cold climates, yet participates in normal thermoregulation instead of thermoconformity. They have the largest range of all terrestrial...
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which regulates circadian rhythmicity and hormone production for thermoregulation. The hole that contains the eye is known as the pineal foramen or parietal...
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Shark (section Thermoregulation)
Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins...
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Nephila (section Thermoregulation)
Nephila is a genus of araneomorph spiders noted for the impressive webs they weave. Nephila consists of numerous species found in warmer regions around...
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Cathemerality (section Thermoregulation)
fraction of illuminated moon in relation to sunset and sunrise times. Thermoregulation has been said to be an adaptive response that enables cathemeral animals...
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Dimetrodon (section Thermoregulation)
used to stabilize its spine or to heat and cool its body as a form of thermoregulation. Some recent studies argue that the sail would have been ineffective...
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Bigeye thresher (section Thermoregulation)
The bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus) is a species of thresher shark, family Alopiidae, found in temperate and tropical oceans worldwide. Like the...
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Roadrunner (section Thermoregulation)
The roadrunners (genus Geococcyx), also known as chaparral birds or chaparral cocks, are two species of fast-running ground cuckoos with long tails and...
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suspend central homeostasis, allowing large fluctuations in respiration, thermoregulation and circulation which do not occur in any other modes of sleeping or...
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Kleptothermy (category Thermoregulation)
In biology, kleptothermy is any form of thermoregulation by which an animal shares in the metabolic thermogenesis of another animal. It may or may not...
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killed off much of the area's seagrass (and which would have also made thermoregulation difficult for the sloths, with their slow metabolism). Ground sloths...
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Pelagic thresher (section Thermoregulation)
The pelagic thresher (Alopias pelagicus) is a species of thresher shark, family Alopiidae; this group of sharks is characterized by the greatly elongated...
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Lizard (section Diurnality and thermoregulation)
out and bask in sunlight to gain enough heat to become fully active. Thermoregulation behavior can be beneficial in the short term for lizards as it allows...
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