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Temperature within the cranial, thoracic, and abdominal cavities
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Core temperature
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Mechanisms whereby the body balances heat production and heat loss
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Thermoregulation
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About 500mL/day of water is lost through the skin
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Insensible perspiration
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Eccrine glands are responsible for this type of perspiration
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Sensible perspiration
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Heat production due to continuous contractions of skeletal muscles when cold
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Shivering thermogenesis
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Evaporation, conduction, convection, and radiation
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Modes of heat loss
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Heat production caused by the metabolism of brown fat in the neonate
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Nonshivering thermogenesis
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Temperature of the surface areas such as the skin, mouth, and axilla
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Shell temperature
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Thermostat of the body
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Hypothalamus
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