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LU5 THERMOREGULATION (How animals keep body warm in cold? (Smaller mammals…
LU5 THERMOREGULATION
Thermoregulation: Regulation process of body temperature to ensure body physiological state at constant homeostasis.
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Poikilotherm: Where internal temperature of an organism varies considerably. Eg: insects, some invertebrates, fish, amphibians.
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Homeotherm: An organism that maintains thermal homeostasis. Eg: Birds, mammals, other large fish
Temperature Coefficient, Q10: Rates of biochemical reactions & physiological processes because of the changes in body temperature.
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Torpor
A pronounced natural hypothermia accompanied by a substantial depression in metabolism, respiration rate, heart rate, & lack of response to external stimulation.
Hibernation
Voluntary state of sleep in which animal's breathing slows :arrow_down: & its body temperature :arrow_double_down:.
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