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Which of the following would be a negative feedback response by the body to hyperthermia

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Which of the following would be a negative feedback response by the body to

hyperthermia?


  1. Shivering
  2. Sweating
  3. Vasoconstriction of blood vessels in the dermis
  4. An increase in metabolic rate

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B: Hyperthermia is an increase on body temperature above 38

°C. Negative feedback would be a response that opposed the temperature rise.

Allowing perspiration to evaporate from the skin would cool the skin and lead to a decrease in body temperature. The effect of the other choices would be to

increase body temperature.

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