| A | B |
|---|
| temperature | defined as the balance between heat lost and heat produced by the body |
| homeostasis | ideal health state in the human body |
| normal range for body temperature | 97-100 |
| oral temperatures | taken in the mouth |
| rectal temperatures | taken in the rectum |
| axillary temperature | taken under the arm |
| aural temperature | take in the ear |
| factors that lead to increase temperature | illness, infection, exercise, excitement and high temperatures in the environment |
| factors that lead to decreased body temperature include: | starvation or fasting, sleep, decreased muscle activity, mouth breathing, exposure to cold temperatures in the environment and certain diseases |
| hypothermia | low body temperature below 95 degrees measured rectally |
| fever | elevated body temperature usually above 101 degrees F |
| pyrexia | another term for fever |
| hyperthermia | occurs when the body temperature exceeds 104 degrees measured rectally |
| clinical thermometer | consists of a slender glass tube containing mercury or alcohol with red dye, which expands when exposed to heat |
| electronic thermometer | regulates the temperature on a viewer in a few seconds. |
