Biology
- #109 Thermoregulation - The Control Of Body Temperature
One of the most important examples of homeostasis is the regulation of body temperature. It involves both coordination systems - nervous and endocrine. Not all animals can do this physiologically. Endotherms - Animals (e.g. birds and mammals)...
- Thermoscope
Term: thermoscope Literally meaning: ?that which observes the temprature?Origin: Anc Greek??????/thermos(=warm) >????/thero(=to warm, to heat)+ ??????/scopeo(=aim, look at, observe) Coined/HistoryThe Italian physicist and astromer Galileo Galilei...
- Thermometer
Term: thermometerLiterally meaning: "heat meausure"Origin: Anc Greek??????/thermos(=warm) >????/thero(=to warm)??????/metron (=meausure)Coined/HistoryThe first crude clinical thermometer was invented by Italian Santorio Santorio who put a numerical...
- Endothermic
Term: endothermicOrigin: Anc Greek????/endo(=inside, within)??????/thermos(=warm)>????/ thero(=heat) >?????/thallo(=feed)Marcellin Berthelot (1827 ?1907)Literally means? within-heating? Coined(chem) The term was coined by French chemist and politician...
- Why Can?t We Just Go With The Flow? ? The High Cost Of Heating
Biology concepts ? endothermy, ectothermy, poikilothermy, thermoregulation So you are lying in bed, cold and hungry, contemplating living like a monk just so you can have more time to live like a monk (see last week?s post on increasing life span via...
Biology
endothermy
Term: Endothermy
Origin: Anc Greek
????/endo(=inside, within)
??????/thermos(=warm)
>????/ thero(=heat)
>?????/thallo(=feed)
Literally means? within-heating?
Coined
Definition
(biol) Endothermy is the ability of some organsims ( warm-blooded animals as mammals and birds ) to control their body temperatures through internal means of metabolism above the temperature of the external environment..
- #109 Thermoregulation - The Control Of Body Temperature
One of the most important examples of homeostasis is the regulation of body temperature. It involves both coordination systems - nervous and endocrine. Not all animals can do this physiologically. Endotherms - Animals (e.g. birds and mammals)...
- Thermoscope
Term: thermoscope Literally meaning: ?that which observes the temprature?Origin: Anc Greek??????/thermos(=warm) >????/thero(=to warm, to heat)+ ??????/scopeo(=aim, look at, observe) Coined/HistoryThe Italian physicist and astromer Galileo Galilei...
- Thermometer
Term: thermometerLiterally meaning: "heat meausure"Origin: Anc Greek??????/thermos(=warm) >????/thero(=to warm)??????/metron (=meausure)Coined/HistoryThe first crude clinical thermometer was invented by Italian Santorio Santorio who put a numerical...
- Endothermic
Term: endothermicOrigin: Anc Greek????/endo(=inside, within)??????/thermos(=warm)>????/ thero(=heat) >?????/thallo(=feed)Marcellin Berthelot (1827 ?1907)Literally means? within-heating? Coined(chem) The term was coined by French chemist and politician...
- Why Can?t We Just Go With The Flow? ? The High Cost Of Heating
Biology concepts ? endothermy, ectothermy, poikilothermy, thermoregulation So you are lying in bed, cold and hungry, contemplating living like a monk just so you can have more time to live like a monk (see last week?s post on increasing life span via...