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The hypothalamus is near the center of your brain. It's your body's thermostat - it controls the temperature of the body.
Your hypothalamus knows what temperature your body should be and will send messages to your body to keep it that way. Most human beings have a body temperature of around 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius). Some people will have a normal temperature that's a little higher or lower. Adult body temperatures change slightly during the course of the day, becoming lower in the morning and higher in the evening.
For kids, their body temperature stays pretty much the same from day to day, unless they are affected by very hot or cold temperatures around them or have illnesses that trigger the body's defenses, one of which is to raise the body heat (a fever).
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoA thermostat is something that you control the temperature within your house, right? Well the brain is kind of like a thermostat for your body - it regulates temperature, movement, speech, and other things like that. It can respond when you tell it to, or it reacts naturally; when your house has reached a certain temperature, it doesn't climb any higher - if your brain decides that enough is enough, you won't be able to continue doing what you were doing before (if that makes sense?).
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∙ 9y agoHypothalamus. The hypothalamus controls the body's sense of temperature as well as other important functions such as hunger, sleep, thirst, and circadian rhythms.
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What part of the central nervous system that control the most functions in the body?
The brain controls most of the body's functions.
What part of the animal brain is responsible for basic functions such as breathing and pulse?
The brain stem, also called the central brain or primitive brain is responsible for the basic functions such as breathing and heartbeat.
What part of the brain mediates BOTH voluntary and involuntary functions?
The Pons
Witch part of the cell is the organelle that functions as its brain?
the nucleus .
Why is the brain stem called the primitive part of the brain?
The brain stem stem could be called the "primitive part of the brain" because it was the first brain structure to evolve, and is responsible for our basic vital functions like breathing and heartbeat.
What part of the brain controls the functions like breathing and heartbeat?
Brain cells
Which part is responsible for the vital functions of the esophagus?
brain
What part of the central nervous system that control the most functions in the body?
The brain controls most of the body's functions.
What are the part of the brain and their functions?
There are a great number of major parts of the brain. One major part is the frontal cortex affecting brain function.
What do you do without a brain?
Nothing. Brain is the body part which coordinates all the bodily functions.
What part of the animal brain is responsible for basic functions such as breathing and pulse?
The brain stem, also called the central brain or primitive brain is responsible for the basic functions such as breathing and heartbeat.
Which part of the part of the brain controls all vital functions?
Brainstem: Medulla
What is sometimes referred to as the body's thermostat?
There is a part of the brain that is called the hypothalamus, and it has many jobs, one of which is acting as the body's thermostat.
What part of the brain controls the auditory and visual functions?
occipital
Which part of the cell is the organelle that functions as it's brain?
the nucleus .
Compartmentalization of function refers to what part of the brain?
different brain regions perform distinct functions
Which part of the brain function of the breathing and heart rate?
The brain stem controls these functions
