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Recent Advances in Thermoregulation - PDF

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Recent Advances in Thermoregulation - PDF

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Body Temperature 1BODY TEMPERATUREBy (Name)Course Professor’s nameUniversity nameCity, StateDate of submission
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Body Temperature 2IntroductionHumans have adapted to the life on earth for more than 300 000 years. Reason being, the earth atmosphere provide us with air, water, food which are the basic requirements for human survival but does not guarantee 100% survival. However, it is also important to consider that temperature also plays a very vital role in human survival and for our body to achieve thermal comfort, the temperature should always be within a certain range. A person’s body temperature is influenced by, gender, age, infection, work that is done and reproductive status, the period when the measurement is taken, part of the body at which measurement is taken, individuals state ( sleeping, sedated or walking) and their emotional state. An individual’s body temperature is of concern in human reproduction, sports events, and therapeutic practice (Lupton 2012).Discussion Healthy human core body temperatureThe average body temperature of a fit adult is 98.60 Fahrenheit or 37.00 Celsius[ CITATION Gom14 \l 1033 ]. It is usually retained at this level by thermoregulation. However, an individuals’ normal temperature may fluctuate during the day as regulated by their circadian rhythm. Moreover, body temperatures may vary depending on a persons’ metabolism rate. The slower it is the lower the body temperature or the faster it is the higher the normal human body temperature. Other external factors may cause fluctuations in the normal human body temperature. Normal body temperature tends to be high at night due to food intake and muscular day activity and low at daytime because of the rest experienced after sleeping. Temperature-normal should be maintained at 37.00 C to guarantee a healthy individual
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Body Temperature 3state[ CITATION Jur07 \l 1033 ]. Body temperatures above normal denote a fever and these calls for a checkup. Body temperature measurements Body temperature measurements vary depending on the part of the body being measured (Niedermann et.al 2014). Oral (mouth) temperatures are the most convenient method of obtaining temperature readings and they range at 37.00 C. Axillary body temperatures, taken amongst two folds of skin on the body or the armpit, are an external form of temperature measurement. It is time-consuming and the most imprecise method since temperatures falls at 36.40 C or 97.60 F (Kreitzman and Foster, 2011). Rectal body temperatures taken in the rectum is an internal method of temperature measurement. It is the shortest and most precise method of temperature measurement since it is taken internally. Every method of temperature measurement has different regular ranges dependent on the gender of an individual (Lim 2008). Heat production and regulation in the bodyHuman body produce energy during metabolism processes where one type of energy is converted to another within the body. Metabolism involves chemical reactions that either produce or consume energy. Catabolism is the category of metabolism that leads to energy production through the breakdown of chemically bound molecules since it is an exergonic reaction[ CITATION Lim08 \l 1033 ]. Chemical energy within the body can either be converted to thermal energy during digestion since the body generates heat during digestion or to mechanical energy in a muscle movement form (Mekjavic 2006). Our bodies regulate heat via thermoregulation, the ability of the body to maintain the normal body temperature despite the different temperature levels within the surrounding, in various mechanisms which include
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