Biology GCSE
Thermoregulation by the nervous system
What Thermoregulation by the nervous system means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The hypothalamus monitors blood temperature and triggers responses that either lower or raise body temperature, coordinated by the nervous system as negative feedback.
Topics that use Thermoregulation by the nervous system
- Control of body temperature (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Coordination between detection and response
- Heat transfer by radiation and evaporation
- Homeostasis and negative feedback
- Nervous impulse
- Shivering
- Sweat glands
- Thermoregulatory centre
- vasoconstriction
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