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== Human body temperature == | |||
The normal human body temperature is considered 98.6 degrees F (37 C) although recent studies suggest it may acutally be 98.2. <ref name="Harvard Medical School, Harvard Health Publications, Normal Body Temperature: Rethinking the normal human body temperature">{{cite web |url=http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/normal_body_temperature |title=Harvard Medical School, Harvard Health Publications, Normal Body Temperature: Rethinking the normal human body temperature |accessdate=2010-10-06}}</ref><ref name="USMA Metric system temperature (kelvin and degree Celsius)">{{cite web |url=http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/temps.htm |title=USMA Metric system temperature (kelvin and degree Celsius) |accessdate=2010-10-06}}</ref> | |||
==Body temperature regulation== | |||
Regulating the body temperature is a series of neural feedback mechanisms operated primarily through the hypthalamus. <ref name="Temperature Regulation of the Human Body">{{cite web |url=http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/heatreg.html |title=Temperature Regulation of the Human Body |accessdate=2010-10-06}}</ref> | |||
Revision as of 23:04, 6 October 2010
Human body temperature
The normal human body temperature is considered 98.6 degrees F (37 C) although recent studies suggest it may acutally be 98.2. [1][2]
Body temperature regulation
Regulating the body temperature is a series of neural feedback mechanisms operated primarily through the hypthalamus. [3]
- ↑ Harvard Medical School, Harvard Health Publications, Normal Body Temperature: Rethinking the normal human body temperature. Retrieved on 2010-10-06.
- ↑ USMA Metric system temperature (kelvin and degree Celsius). Retrieved on 2010-10-06.
- ↑ Temperature Regulation of the Human Body. Retrieved on 2010-10-06.