Why are children more susceptible to heat stroke than adults?
A) Because children produce more metabolic heat when exercising
B) Because children have less surface area-to-mass ratio
C) Because children have more sweating capacity
D) Because a child's hypothalamus is underdeveloped
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Q9: Using a fan to reduce body temperature
Q27: Loud snoring,a decrease in oxygen saturation,fragmented sleep,chronic
Q39: In acute hypothermia, what physiologic change shunts
Q41: What are characteristics of heat stroke?
A) Core
Q43: _ is/are characterized by sudden apparent arousal
Q43: Heat loss from the body via convection
Q44: Which hormones help diminish the febrile response?
A)
Q47: Which neuropeptide promotes wakefulness?
A) Prostaglandin D2
B) L-tryptophan
C)
Q48: Which disorder of temperature regulation is caused
Q51: _ is known as paradoxical sleep.
A) Non-REM
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