Physio B

Thermoregulation
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Lecture of: Doc Dela Cerna
Transcribed by: Jovy
Prepared by: Mary08AM
Normal body core temperature:

a. Falls with the temperature of the

surrounding becomes greater than that of
the skin
b. Is about 10 degrees Celsius high when taken
rectally
c. Ranges from 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit
d. None of these

Answer: C
Responsible for heat production
in the body
a. BMR
b. Shivering
c. Thyroxine
d. All of these

Answer: D
All objects that are not absolute
zero temperature produces
heat rays:
a. True
b. False

Answer: A
 Normally the composition of
the precursor secretion or
primary secretion is:
a. Higher than that of the plasma
b. Contains plasma proteins
c. Sodium concentration is about 150mg/L
d. Absolute conc. Is about 104 mg/L

Answer: D
 Primary motor center for
shivering:
a. Located anteriorly in the hypothalamus
b. At the level of the mamillary bodies
c. Near the pons
d. Dorsomedial portion of the posterior
hypothalamus

Answer: D
 Signs and symptoms of
heatstroke:
a. Dizziness
b. Loss of consciousness
c. Abdominal distress
d. All of these

Answer: D
 Actions of pyrogens

a. Can act directly and immediately on the

hypothalamic temperature regulating
control to decrease its set point
b. Induces the formation of prostaglandins
c. Both of these
d. None of these

Answer: B
 The body uses this mechanism
when the body temperature
becomes to high:
a. Vasoconstriction
b. Shivering
c. Piloerection
d. Sweating

Answer: D
 When skin temperature is
greater than the temperature
of the surrounding heat loss is
usually by:
a. Radiation
b. Evaporation
c. Both
d. Neither

Answer: A
 Shivering:

a. If there is actually muscle shaking

b. Stimulated by heat signals from the skin
c. Results from feedback oscillating of the
muscle spindle stretch reflex
d. None of these

Answer: C
 than item B
B if item B is GREATER/HIGHER
than item A
C- if items A and B are more or less
EQUAL detection of
Sensitivity in the peripheral
temperature in the skin and deep body
tisues
a) Cold receptors b) warm
receptors
Answer: A

Sweat loss:
 than item B
B if item B is GREATER/HIGHER
than item A
C- if items A and B are more or less
Rate of heat loss EQUAL
a) air b) water
Answer: B

Heat loss when the temperature of the

surrounding becomes greater than that of te
skin:
a) Conduction
 than item B
B if item B is GREATER/HIGHER
than item A
C- if items A and B are more or less
Heat loss EQUAL
a) Conduction
b) Radiation
Answer: B
 Reference
2007 March. Unit test in HTS/
thermoregulation/ sports physiology.
 A body temperature a valid
hypothalamic regulation
ceases:
a. >30
b. >37
c. >38
d. >40

Answer:
 The highest temperature
reading among the different
slips in the body
a. Toes
b. Skin
c. Rectum
d. Axilla

Answer: C
 The process of heat loss
exemplified by a person in
direct contact with a cold bed
a. Radiation
b. Evaporation
c. Convection
d. Conduction

Answer: D
 The center reflex responses
activated by cold are controlled
from
a. Anterior hypothalamus
b. Anterior pituitary
c. Posterior hypothalamus
d. Posterior pituitary

Answer: C
 Mechanisms activated by cold
which is not seen in neonates:
a. Hunger
b. Shivering
c. Increased NE secretion
d. Cutaneous vasoconstriction

Answer: B
 An example of a core
temperature reacting site:
a. Tympanic membrane
b. Axilla
c. Oral
d. Forehead

Answer: A
 Malignant hypothermia is
characterized by a defect in
excessive release of:
a. Poassium
b. Calcium
c. Sodium
d. Magnesium

Answer: B
 Impulses from heat receptors
are carried by:
a. A delta fibers
b. Beta fibers
c. A gamma fibers
d. C fibers

Answer: D
 Anorexia is:

a. Increase heat loss

b. Increase heat production
c. Decrease heat loss
d. Decrease heat production

Answer: D
The mode of heat transfer that
is solely a heat loss mechanism
a. Radiation
b. Convection
c. Evaporation
d. Conduction

Answer:
Whereas sweating as a form of
heat loss is mostly attributed
to:
a. Radiation
b. Convection
c. Evaporation
d. Conduction

Answer:
 When a person is exposed to a
warm environment, the
following conditions are
observed
a. Peripheral vascular resistance
b. Shivering
c. Increased NE secretion
d. None of these

Answer: D
Sweat gland activity is primarily
controlled by:
a. Sympathetic cholinergic neurons
b. Sympathetic adrenergic neurons
c. Parasympathetic cholinergic neurons
d. Somatic neurons

Answer:
 These conditions would cause
an increase in body heat
production, EXCEPT:
a. Icreased muscular activity
b. Increased secretion of NE and T3T4
c. Increased food intake
d. Increased parasympathetic activiy

Answer: D
 Utilization of electric fans
enhances the ____ heat losing
mechanism
a. Radiative
b. Convective
c. Evaporative
d. Conductive

Answer: B
 Reference:
2006 March. Unit Test on Motor/
Thermoregulation
 The normal body temperature
is:
a. Best taken as a core temperature
b. Maintained in a wide range of
temperature
c. Indirectly related to chemical reactions
d. Uniform in all people
 The following are
homeothermic animal, EXCEPT:
a. Bear
b. Monkey
c. Male adult
d. Female neonate

Answer: D
Lowest temperature reading in
a normal individual is seen in:
a. Oral
b. Axillary
c. Rectal
d. Scrotal

Answer: D
 The form of heat loss which is
exemplified by a patient lying
naked on a cold operating
table:
a. Conduction
b. Vaporization
c. Radiation
d. Convection

Answer: A
 The form of heat loss could
increase with muscular
exercise:
a. Radiation
b. Vaporization
c. Conduction
d. Convection

Answer: B
 The temperature center which
is activated by heat is in the:
a. Midbrain
b. Cerebral cortex
c. Anterior hypothalamus
d. Posterior hypothalamus

Answer: C
 Act as endogenous pyrogens:

a. Postaglandins
b. Kupffer cells
c. Endotoxins from bacteria
d. Cytokines

Answer: D
 Limits of temperature one can
withstand depends on the
humidity of air:
a. Can be explained by acclimitization
b. Humidity is not a factor
c. Dry air is better tolerated
d. High humidity air is better tolerated

Answer: C
Keeps the tips of extremities cold
but conserves body heat by direct
transfer of heat from arteries to
veins:
a. Horripilation
b. Cuteneous vasoconsriction
c. Countercurrent exchange
d. Cutaneous vasodilation

Answer: C
Horripilation as a mechanism of
heat regulation can be explain
by:
a. Increased skin thickness
b. Increased energy expenditure
c. Cutaneous vasodilatation
d. Cutaneous vasoconstriction

Answer: A