How does the body thermo regulate itself?
In: Biology
If you get too hot, you sweat. Evaporation of the water in your sweat carries heat away and cools you down. You also tend to slow down your activity, reducing the heat produced by burning calories in your body.
If you get too cold, you start working your muscles (voluntary = working harder, involuntary = shivering). This increases your calorie burn and adds heat. Depending on circumstance, we may also curl up to minimize heat loss to the environment.
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