Question 1
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What is Tb?
(just imagine the "b" is subscript)
[blank_start]__________[blank_end]
Question 2
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What is Ta?
(just imagine the "a" is subscript)
[blank_start]__________[blank_end]
Question 3
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"Homeotherm" means:
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"one body temperature"
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Homeoerotically "hot"
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Self-heating
Question 4
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Tb varies with circadian rhythm by up to 1 degree. When is it lowest and highest?
(again, imagine the "b" is subscript)
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3-6am lowest; 3-6pm highest
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3-6am highest; 3-6pm lowest
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12-3am lowest; 12-3pm highest
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12-3am highest; 12-3pm lowest
Question 5
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Tb varies with the menstrual cycle, usually increasing ~0.5-1°C during the:
(again, imagine the "b" is subscript)
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Post-ovulatory phase
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Post-menstrual phase
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Follicular phase
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Post-follicular phase
Question 6
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Babies are less able to maintain Tb. Why?
(just imagine the "b" is subscript)
(select all that apply)
Question 7
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During a fever (or exercise), the normal Tb is:
(just imagine the "b" is subscript)
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34-36°C
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36-38°C
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38-40°C
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40-42°C
Question 8
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True or false: Old people also have less effective regulation, due in part to their reduced ability to dissipate heat. One reason for this is sweat gland atrophy.
Question 9
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True or false: Old people also have less effective regulation, due in part to their reduced ability to generate heat. One reason for this is sweat gland atrophy.
Question 10
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E = G + T*S
E = [blank_start]___[blank_end]
G = [blank_start]___[blank_end]
T = [blank_start]___[blank_end]
S = [blank_start]___[blank_end]
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Total internal energy
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Energy emitted from a system
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disposable ("Good") energy
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energy Gained by a system
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absolute Temperature
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Thermodynamic energy within a system
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Temperature increase
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entropy
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total energy within a System
Question 11
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True or false: an Endotherm is an organism that can generate its own heat.
Question 12
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True or false: Metabolism is defined as all the chemical processes involved in energy production, energy release, and growth.
Question 13
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Anabolic vs Catabolic:
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Anabolic = FORMATION of substances
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Anabolic = BREAKDOWN of substances
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Catabolic = FORMATION of substances
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Catabolic = BREAKDOWN of substances
Question 14
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Metabolic Rate (MR) = the rate at which energy is consumed during:
(select all that apply)
Question 15
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BMR vs RMR
The difference between BASAL metabolic rate and RESTING metabolic rate is:
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Both are idling, but Basal is during minimal part of the day
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Both are idling, but Resting is during minimal part of the day
Question 16
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Metabolic Rate (MR) depends on:
(select all that apply)
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Muscle activity (voluntary)
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Muscle activity (involuntary)
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Certain hormones
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A rise in tissue temperature itself
Question 17
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Hormones that can influence Metabolic Rate (MR) include Thyroxine and Adrenaline. What effect can they have?
Question 18
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Under resting conditions, the rate of heat production is:
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~80 kcal/h
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~400-600 kcal/h
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~80-120 kcal/h
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~120-160 kcal/h
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~800 kcal/h
Question 19
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During a fast walk or jog, Metabolic Rate (MR) is increased to 400-600 kcal/h. In the absence of compensatory heat loss (sweating etc), this extra thermal load would increase Body Temperature by how much?
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1°C every 8-10 minutes
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1°C every minute
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1°C every hour
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1°C every 10-20 minutes
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1°C every 1-2 hours
Question 20
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The most common method to measure metabolic rate is:
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Indirect calorimetry
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Guesswork?
Question 21
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Animals including the stripe-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura) are heterothermic. Heterotherms are:
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Able to maintain homeothermic thermoregulation, but sometimes can enter torpor.
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Animals which maintain thermoregulation collectively.
Question 22
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Torpor vs Hibernation.
What's the difference?
Question 23
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Torpor and hibernation use are found in which groups:
(select all that apply)
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Artiodactyls (even toed ungulates - e.g. sheep, cattle, pigs, camels, goats)
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Certiodactyls (marine mammals - e.g. whales, dolphins, porpoises)
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Perissodactyls (odd-toed ungulates - e.g. horses, rhinoceroses)
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Monotremes (e.g. echidnas)
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Marsupials (e.g. pygmy possums)
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Primates (e.g. Antivaxxers)
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Insectivores (Eulipotypla: European shrews and hedgehogs; Afrotheria: tenrecs and elephant shrews)
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Carnivores (badgers and bears)
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Rodents (e.g. ground squirrels and hamsters)
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Bats
Question 24
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Are there Aussie birds which hibernate?
Question 25
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"Super-hibernator":
This is fucking awesome - the arctic ground squirrel hibernates at body temperatures of ~0°C! around the lips is at (or slightly above) zero, while some other parts (including colon) get BELOW 0°C.
Yeah, this is true. So cool, though (geddit?? ...sigh).
Question 26
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Current view of the efferent mechanisms of thermoregulation.
Label the three appropriate areas.
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Hypothalamic preoptic area
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Dorsomedial hypothalamus
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Raphe nuclei in medulla oblongata
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Hypothalamic preoptic area
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Dorsomedial hypothalamus
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Raphe nuclei in medulla oblongata
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Hypothalamic preoptic area
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Dorsomedial hypothalamus
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Raphe nuclei in medulla oblongata
Question 27
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True or false: Brown Fat / Brown Adipose Tissue (“BAT”) can induce non-shivering thermogenesis in the absence of muscle stimulus.
Question 28
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During cold exposure, [blank_start]__________[blank_end] [blank_start]__________[blank_end] release activates BAT by stimulation of lipolysis and “futile” UCP1-dependent mitochondrial respiration.
Question 29
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True or false: UCP1 is found in significant levels in the cortex of non-torpor mammals.
Question 30
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UCP1 is:
[blank_start]_____[blank_end] [blank_start]_____[blank_end] [blank_start]_____[blank_end] 1
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Un-
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Universal
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Progenitor
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Protein
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Coupling
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Cold-sensitive
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Climate-sensitive
Question 31
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Which of the 4 ways of heat loss is the most physiologically significant (under normal conditions)?
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Radiation
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Conduction
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Convection
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Evaporation
Question 32
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Hot flushes usually last how long?
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1-5 min
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5-10 min
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10-15 min
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15-30 min
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30-60 min
Question 33
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Hot flushes are believed to occur because of: