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How does the animal regulate the temperature of its scrotum during hot and cold conditions?
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∙ 13y ago
Blood vessels in the scrotum and around the testes constrict or expand based on the outside temperature. The spermatic cord also is useful in contracting when temperatures are too cold for the testes to stand and thus need to be pulled more into the body cavity to be warm, or relaxing when it's warm enough that the testes need to be away from the body cavity to stay cool.
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Define cold blooded animals?
Animals that do not regulate their own internal body temperature.
What is the name for an animal when only one testis is present in the scrotum?
monorchis
What is an ectothermic insect?
Ectotherm is an adjective used to describe an animal that is cold-blooded. Also known as poikilotherm.
How do animals respond to sudden drop in temperature?
Depending on the type of animal i.e. if the animal is cold or warm blooded; they respond differently. Cold blooded animals have to stay in the sunlight in order to ensure that they get enough heat, while warm blooded animal may take the same action as cold blooded one or regulate their own body temperature to warm themselves up.
What do you callan animal whose body temperature changes with the temperature of the environment?
ectotherms
What is a thermoconformer?
An animal that cannot regulate its body temperature internally is a thermoconformer. One that can regulate its body temperature internally is a thermoregulator.
What is term used to describe animal that can regulate their temperature?
Warm Blooded
What is an animal called when it relies on the environment to regulate it's body temperature?
cold-blooded
What animal has the largest scrotum?
The wallrus
What is a colblooded animal?
An animal that cannot internally regulate the body temperature. They must bask in the sun to warm up blood so the heat may be transported around the body.
Define cold blooded animals?
Animals that do not regulate their own internal body temperature.
Is a jellyfish ectothermic or endothermic?
Ecothermic because jellyfish aren't warm blooded
What are poikolothermic animals?
it is an animal that's body temperature varies according to the temperature of its surroundings mainly fish and reptiles, it does not apply to birds or mammals as they are able to regulate there body temperature, were as reptiles for example will be the temperature of there surrounding this is why they have to bask in the sun to get warm.
What is the name for an animal when only one testis is present in the scrotum?
monorchis
Are hippopotamus ectotherms?
An ectotherm is an animal whose body temperature depends on external sources. Hippos cannot regulate their own temperature, they live in water during the day and feed at dusk when the temperature is cooler. They are therefore ectotherms
Is a dolphin a mammal and what is a mammal?
Yes, a dolphin is a mammal. A mammal is an animal that can regulate their body temperature and give birth to live young. For example, we Humans are mammals
What is an ectothermic insect?
Ectotherm is an adjective used to describe an animal that is cold-blooded. Also known as poikilotherm.
