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Thermoregulation Mechanisms in Humans by Monesa Christy Villanueva is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Thermoreceptors located in the skin, core body temperature, and viscera provide temperature information to the preoptic area of the hypothalamus. The preoptic area integrates this sensory input and uses it to maintain a constant core body temperature through autonomic, somatic, and endocrine responses that regulate heat production and heat loss. Lesions in different regions of the hypothalamus can disrupt these processes and cause hyperthermia or hypothermia depending on the environmental temperature condit
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- Monesa Christy Villanueva
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- EN