Untitled Document Chapter 7 Homeostatic Mechanism and Cellular Communication Homeostasis the bodies ability to maintain a stable internal environment. Body is sensing changes in the environment and if internal changes occur the body will respond.
External changes can cause behaviorial changes even before internal changes to occur.
Body temperature tends to go down a night when we are less active and up during day light when we are more active. Nocturnal animal would be reverse. A humans average body temperature about 37 oC but ranges from 36.1-37.5. Ruminants have a higher body temperature than non-ruminants, due to all of the heat generated by the rumen microbes. Camel has greatest range on daily body temperature compared to other ruminants.