How does the body thermo regulate itself?
In: Biology
Well, the body constantly is generating heat internally.
This heat gets dissipated (Dumped into) to the air around us. So a comfortable air temperature is the temperature where your body is generating heat and dissipating heat the the air at the same rate, keeping us at roughly 98 degrees F.
If our bodies start generating too much heat, and can’t dissipate it fast enough, we start sweating, the evaporation of water off our skin increases the speed that heat dissipates of the body.
If we’re losing heat too quickly, we will start shivering. The extra muscle contractions and motion that comes with shivering increases the amount of heat the body is generating.
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