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Jasmine is a healthy girl who is playing outside. Her internal body temperature rises to 100.4°F (38°C).
How does her body most likely respond to help her return to homeostasis?
by shivering
by sweating
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By sweating.
When her core temperature rises above the hypothalamic set point, the thermoregulatory center activates heat-loss mechanisms: eccrine sweat glands produce sweat (evaporation cools the skin) and peripheral vasodilation increases heat dissipation. Shivering is a heat-generating response triggered when body temperature is low, not high.
When her core temperature rises above the hypothalamic set point, the thermoregulatory center activates heat-loss mechanisms: eccrine sweat glands produce sweat (evaporation cools the skin) and peripheral vasodilation increases heat dissipation. Shivering is a heat-generating response triggered when body temperature is low, not high.
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