Question

During wind sprints for field hockey practice, Sarah noticed that her face felt very hot and looked red. Of the choices below, which would be considered the initial location of the receptor(s) for the homeostatic response to Sarah's running?
- Sarah's pacesetter cells in her cardiac muscle
- temperature sensors in Sarah's skeletal muscles and blood vessels
- sweat glands in Sarah's skin
- the thermoregulatory center in Sarah's brain

Answer 1

Answer: Temperature sensors in Sarah's skeletal muscles and blood vessels

Explanation:

Homeostasis is the ability of the body to control and maintain the internal environment with respect to the changes occurring in the external environment. The temperature control is also a part of the homeostasis. The sensors of temperature are generally present on the skeletal muscles and blood vessels which can give indication of change in external temperature change to the body.