International A Level Biology / Control of the internal environment
Homeostasis and thermoregulation during exercise
Edexcel International A Level Biology (YBI11), chapter 22: Control of the internal environment, specification point 7.17. Part of the full course.
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Homeostasis keeps the internal environment within narrow limits as conditions change. During exercise, temperature control uses negative feedback to bring core body temperature back towards its set point of about 37 °C.