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shivering
shivering A common experience; the explanation is a stimulus to rapid muscular contractions, set off from the temperature-regulating centre in the hypothalamus, in response to cooling of the skin and the blood. The contractions generate heat, helping to maintain deep body temperature despite increased heat loss during cold exposure. Shivering occurs in fever when there is effectively a re-setting of the hypothalamic ‘thermostat’.
Stuart Judge See fever; temperature regulation. |
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COLIN BLAKEMORE and SHELIA JENNETT. "shivering." The Oxford Companion to the Body. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. COLIN BLAKEMORE and SHELIA JENNETT. "shivering." The Oxford Companion to the Body. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O128-shivering.html COLIN BLAKEMORE and SHELIA JENNETT. "shivering." The Oxford Companion to the Body. 2001. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O128-shivering.html |
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shivering
shivering See thermogenesis.
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"shivering." A Dictionary of Biology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "shivering." A Dictionary of Biology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O6-shivering.html "shivering." A Dictionary of Biology. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O6-shivering.html |
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