Exam 17: Body Temperature and Metabolism

A breeze takes warm air away from the skin surface; this cools the body by the process of ____________________.

Some body heat is lost by way of the respiratory tract by:

The part of the brain that regulates body temperature is the ____________________.

During stressful situations, the hormone that most contributes to greater heat production is ____________________.

In cell respiration, the energy product that is used for cellular work is:

The processes of heat radiation and conduction from the skin are increased when the arterioles in the dermis ____________________.

In a warm environment, the body's responses will be ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________.

Air currents that take warm air away from the body surface provide heat loss by the process of:

The hypothalamus is the thermostat of the body because it balances the responses of ____________________ and the responses of ____________________.

In cell respiration, the function of NAD and FAD is to carry ____________________ to the ____________________.

Which statement is NOT true of fat metabolism?

The difference in kilocalories between 10 grams of carbohydrates and 10 grams of fat is:

In cell respiration, the energy product that is useful for cellular work is ____________________.

Which of the following statements are true of the use of food molecules other than glucose in cell respiration? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)

The unit of measure for the energy content of foods is the ____________________.

The term for the total heat production by the body is:

Which of the following statements are true of the calorie content of foods? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)

In cell respiration, the molecule that enters glycolysis is ____________________, and the molecule formed is ____________________.

Minerals that are directly necessary for the process of cell respiration are:

Vasodilation in the dermis will ____ the flow of blood near the body surface and thereby ____ the loss of heat.