Human body temperature
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Human body temperature
The normal human body temperature is considered 98.6 degrees F (37 C) although recent studies suggest it may acutally be 98.2. Older people may run slightly lower normal body temperatures too. Determining fever is now based on time thresholds based on time of day.[1][2]
Body temperature regulation
Regulating the body temperature is a series of neural feedback mechanisms operated primarily through the hypthalamus. [3]
- ↑ Harvard Medical School, Harvard Health Publications, Normal Body Temperature: Rethinking the normal human body temperature. Retrieved on 2010-10-06.
- ↑ USMA Metric system temperature (kelvin and degree Celsius). Retrieved on 2010-10-06.
- ↑ Temperature Regulation of the Human Body. Retrieved on 2010-10-06.