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ANATOMY FOR NURSES [Chap. XVIII 



Body Heat 



^V 



Regulated 



Variations in 

 Temperature 



Normal 



( Activity of sweat-glands. 

 Skin < Dilatation and contraction 



I of skin arterioles. 

 Respiration. 

 Control of metabolism by nervous 



system. 

 IMuscular exercise and diet. 

 Clothing. 



fHot. 

 1 Cold. 



2. 

 3. 



4. 

 5. 



6. Baths 



Abnormal ' 



1. Depends on where temperature is I . ..,. 



taken | t^ ' ' 



{ Itectum. 



2. Depends on time f Lowest in early morning. 



of day I Highest in early evening. 



3. Slightly increased by muscular activitj' and 



the digestive processes. 



4. Age. Higher and f Infants, cliildren, and 



more variable in I the aged. 



Increased temperature. 

 Increased pulse. 

 Symptoms < Increased respiration. 

 Increased tissue waste. 

 Faulty secretion. 

 Cause — not definitely known. 

 Value — thought to help the body to 

 fight infection. 

 Subnormal — due to diminished metaboUsm. 



Fever ■ 



