Temperature Regulation in Humans and Other Mammals
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 25, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9783540412342
Subjects: Animal physiology; Biochemistry; Physiology; Science/Mathematics; Temperature Regulation (Physiology); Science; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Life Sciences - Zoology - General; Pathophysiology; Homothermie; Physiologie; Science / Zoology; Sportmedizin; Temperature regulation; Temperaturregulation; Thermoregulation; Wärmeaustausch; heat exchange; Body temperature; Regulation
First sentence: Temperature regulation is one of several regulatory system which maintain important constituents of the body's internal milieu such as osmolality, gas pressures, blood pressure and temperature, at levels whose combination may be the best compromise between conflicting demands.