You have been hiking, and as night falls and the temperature drops, the first part of your temperature regulation system to be activated is probably your ________, which will trigger your _________ to make you shiver.
A) spinal cord; skin receptors
B) skin receptors; hypothalamus
C) brainstem; hypothalamus
D) hypothalamus; skin receptors

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The hypothalamus is the part of the brain responsible for regulating body temperature. When the temperature drops, skin receptors sense the change and send signals to the hypothalamus, which then triggers mechanisms like shivering to generate heat and warm the body.

You Have Been Hiking, and as Night Falls and the Temperature